I don’t know whether OpenAI uses nondisparagement agreements; I haven’t signed one.
This can also be glomarizing. “I haven’t signed one.” is a fact, intended for the reader to use it as anecdotal evidence. “I don’t know whether OpenAI uses nondisparagement agreements” can mean that he doesn’t know for sure, and will not try to find out.
Obviously, the context of the conversation and the events surrounding Holden stating this matters for interpreting this statement, but I’m not interested in looking further into this, so I’m just going to highlight the glomarization possibility.
This can also be glomarizing. “I haven’t signed one.” is a fact, intended for the reader to use it as anecdotal evidence. “I don’t know whether OpenAI uses nondisparagement agreements” can mean that he doesn’t know for sure, and will not try to find out.
Obviously, the context of the conversation and the events surrounding Holden stating this matters for interpreting this statement, but I’m not interested in looking further into this, so I’m just going to highlight the glomarization possibility.