copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” (Tim Baxter, 2022-01-04)
Evidence (2018-08-13): Democratic socialism’s strengths are its idealism and the activism generated by intense dissatisfaction with the status quo. Its proponents today are people like Ocasio-Cortez and New York state Senate candidate Julia Salazar….Democratic socialism’s weaknesses lie, as [Eduard] Bernstein charged more than a century ago, in the abstractness of its vision and its lack of pragmatism. The movement has never made clear what socialism actually means or how it will be achieved. [...] I’m also glad to hear that even Berman is confused about what modern-day DSAers really want or what they think "socialism" actually means. I thought it was just me. But if one of our foremost scholars of socialism isn’t sure, then perhaps the DSA candidates and the public intellectuals supporting them really do have some explaining to do?
Claim: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” (Tim Baxter, 2022-01-04)
Evidence (2023-10-26): And then suddenly, in the second decade of the 21st century, DSA had a growth spurt, not unlike SDS in the mid-1960s, bringing it belatedly to national political relevance. Tens of thousands of eager young recruits were energized by the 2016 presidential bid of democratic socialist Bernie Sanders (although Sanders was not a member of DSA), and the election to Congress of DSA members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib in 2018, joined by Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman in 2020. Unlike my generation, for whom the overriding issue of the late 1960s was opposition to the war in Vietnam, most of DSA’s new members were attracted to the organization by its proposals for substantial, vital, and above all realizable domestic reforms (Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, student debt relief, tenants’ rights, etc). As a result, between 2016 and 2020 DSA’s membership expanded from 6,000 to 90,000-plus, while dropping the average age of members from 60-something to 20-something. Scores of new chapters opened up, including many located in cities and states that haven’t seen an active socialist presence since the era of Eugene Debs, if ever. And those young, energetic recruits proved remarkably politically savvy and successful in the field of electoral politics, not only elevating four members to Congress, but also sending nearly 200 others to state legislatures, city councils, and other offices, almost always as Democrats.
Claim: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” (Tim Baxter, 2022-01-04)
Evidence (2020-10-29): Gen Z’s approval of socialism also crept up nine points since last year (49% favorable in 2020, compared to 40% in 2019). The results come from the newest edition of the "Report on U.S. Attitudes Toward Socialism, Communism, and Collectivism" – which is commissioned annually by the Victims of Communism Memorial (VOC) and conducted by YouGov. [...] How can young Americans distrust the government to look after their interests yet endorse socialism, which entrusts the government with the power to redistribute wealth, direct all economic activity, and control their access to such necessities as healthcare? [...] Americans suffer a two-pronged ignorance of socialism: what it is and what is has done. As Simon van Zuylen-Wood explained in New York magazine last March, "the word [socialism] had lost its meaning by the time it got hot again." Thus, 31% of VOC respondents say they believe that socialism "[m]eans a free market economy with private property" in which "the government provides ample social welfare benefits, as in many Scandinavian and Western European countries." In reality, Scandinavian countries have tried for years to inform Americans in general (and Bernie Sanders, in particular) that they are not socialist, and that democratic socialists like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fundamentally misunderstand the Scandinavian model. The Nordic countries jettisoned policies like the ones AOC proposes after their economies crashed during the 1980s.
Claim: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” (Tim Baxter, 2022-01-04)
Evidence (2018-07-23): Frances Fox Piven, a political scientist and a former D.S.A. board member, told me that, while these terms are fuzzier than they once were, "socialism," in the practical politics of the young, describes above all a disgust with widening inequality. "When people say they are ‘socialists,’ they are reacting against unrestrained capitalism," she said. "I don’t know that it has much meaning beyond that. There are volumes written about the historical, theoretical work by socialists and their critics, but I don’t think that that’s what’s moving these young people. They are moved by the idea of an economic system that is tempered, constrained, and restrained by democratic values. There were a lot of debates in the seventies and eighties between Maoists and theoretical socialists, some of whom were a little crazy. That has nothing to do with what’s happening now." Michael Kazin, a co-editor of Dissent and a D.S.A. member, agreed: "The radical left’s major influence in American history is to push liberals, progressives, to the left. And that is going to be the impact. I don’t believe we are going to have a socialist transformation of America in my lifetime."
Claim: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” (Tim Baxter, 2022-01-04)
Evidence (2018-07-26): But for all of its recent growth, socialism is still an idea with a lot of Cold War-era baggage for a lot of Americans. Still, the group has gained new prominence with New York Democrat — and DSA member — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's recent congressional primary win. [...] Electing more democratic socialist candidates: It has been 20 years since a member of the DSA was in a national seat. Ocasio-Cortez is set to change that, in a congressional race she is heavily favored to win. [...] In addition to skyrocketing growth, the group is benefiting from young American adults growing more open to socialist ideas. One 2016 Harvard poll of 18 to 29 year olds found that 33 percent supported socialism. Capitalism was only slightly more popular with that cohort, drawing 42 percent support.
Claim: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” (Tim Baxter, 2022-01-04)
Evidence (2020-10-30): Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has touched off fresh controversy in a Vanity Fair cover story. Although she called the president of the United States a "motherf—er" and expresses her interest in seeking a "higher position" in politics, what caught the public imagination is its accompanying photo shoot in which the democratic socialist’s apparel in no way resembled the clothing of the proletariat. AOC wore clothing designed by Aliette, Carolina Herrera, Wales Bonner, Christian Louboutin, and a $2,850 dress from Loewe, which the magazine reportedly gifted to the congresswoman after she complained that it takes "me so long to try to figure out how to look put-together without having a huge designer closet." In all, the clothes in the portfolio reportedly cost $14,000. [...] The fashion flap demands that AOC watch the video of the Acton Institute’s 29th annual dinner last October – in part because Rev. Robert A. Sirico mentions the congresswoman by name. Unlike "true believers" like Bernie Sanders and "radical upstarts, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez," many young people "see socialism as a mere shorthand for an equal and just society," he says. [...] That sounds very much like the definition of socialism proffered by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She told Business Insider that "democratic socialism means" everyone can enjoy "basic levels of dignity, so that no person in America is too poor to live." History shows that minimal level proved beyond the capacity of actual socialist economies.
Claim: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” (Tim Baxter, 2022-01-04)
Evidence (2024-05-16): I’ll leave it to future historians to puzzle out the reasons why, but in the second decade of the 21st century, in the unlikely setting of the most thoroughly capitalist country in world history, large numbers of Americans, mostly young, displayed a new interest in socialist ideas, values and policy proposals, and in turn in the often neglected history of socialism and communism in the United States. [...] But in 2020 an editor at a New York publishing house, noticing the upswing in interest among young Americans in leftwing (although non-communist) politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, contacted me wondering if there might be a readership emerging for a new narrative history of the Communist party USA, from its founding in 1919 to the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Claim: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” (Tim Baxter, 2022-01-04)
Evidence (2023-06-07): "Greed of the fossil fuel industry" is "destroying our planet," says Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.). Young people agree. Their solution? Socialism. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) says socialism creates "an environment that provides for all people, not just the privileged few." [...] Palmer, unlike Ocasio-Cortez and most of us, spent lots of time in socialist countries. He once smuggled books into the Soviet Union.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2024-08-10): A parody account posted the image in July on X. PolitiFact didn’t find credible reports or Musk statements about a robot girlfriend. An AI image detector estimated a 99.9% probability that it was AI-generated.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2023-05-19): MEET ELON MUSK’S NEW ROBOT WIFE [...] "Elon musk’s announce his future wife katanela. How on earth can this be compared with a WOMAN God actually created for us (men)? Too much money the guy has problems I know it’s his platform but I think he actually thinks he’s a god could be I don’t know? I think he likes to dress his woman as robots, he is big on AI. Here is a vote for you people, get this out of the way, slept with the same woman. Johnny Depp or Elon Musk who would you date." [...] It is the first robot that has been manufactured specifically designed with artificial intelligence with the personality and the characteristics of the female that he dreams of…which is not found in any normal person, because of course, there is no normal person that has all the required specifications.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2023-05-22): Bizarre photos of Elon Musk kissing a creepy robot have left the internet baffled - with many suggesting it could be his next wife. [...] Mr Marven added: "It is the first robot that has been manufactured specifically designed with artificial intelligence, with the personality and the characteristics of the female that he dreams of… which is not found in any normal person, because of course, there is no normal person that has all the required specifications. [...] However, he later added the bizarre images of the robots kissing Elon Musk were, in fact, made using artificial intelligence.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2014-10-26): Elon Musk: 'We are summoning the demon' with artificial intelligence [...] Elon Musk, a chief advocate of cars smart enough to park and drive themselves, continues to escalate his spooky speech when it comes to the next level of computation -- the malicious potential of artificial intelligence continues to freak him out. "With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon," Musk said last week at the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department's 2014 Centennial Symposium. "You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water and he's like... yeah, he's sure he can control the demon, [but] it doesn't work out."
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2024-10-03): For about an hour and a half, Musk took questions from the (predominantly male) audience, according to people in attendance. He said he believes we’ll reach artificial general intelligence (AGI) in a couple of years; he hopes to build a "supersonic jet company" next; he plans to open-source xAI’s models roughly nine months after they’re released; and most importantly, he wants to move fast. He compared xAI’s growth to the SR-71 Blackbird, an airplane that flew three times the speed of sound and provided the US with enemy information during the Cold War. [...] Musk is now grappling with fierce competition in the AI race for top engineering talent and GPUs. As the richest person in the world, money isn’t an issue for him, though — despite the financial pressure that X’s plummeting value has created. While he’s raised billions of dollars for xAI, Musk doesn’t exactly need to create a profitable AI company any time soon — for him, taking down his runaway rival OpenAI seems to be satisfying enough. [...] In Musk’s world, AGI isn’t controlled by companies like OpenAI or Google, who keep their best models private. Instead, it’s owned by him and shared with the world.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2023-05-25): In May 2023, claims began to spread on social media platforms that Twitter owner Elon Musk had a robot wife or girlfriend. [...] We found more posts about Musk having a robot wife or girlfriend on TikTok, as well as on other social media platforms, like Facebook. Different robots were included depending on the post. For example, we found images of Musk kissing and dancing with robots spread across platforms, including Twitter: [...] In short, there's no evidence Musk had a robot wife or girlfriend or was making an AI-generated wife or girlfriend. While it had been reported that one of his other companies, Tesla, had developed robots that could recognize objects and pick things up, the robots didn't have faces.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2023-05-31): FACT CHECK: No, Elon Musk Does Not Have A ‘Robot Girlfriend’ [...] The TikTok post purports Musk has robot girlfriends. The video appears to show multiple images of Musk embracing and kissing robots that resemble women. "Musk and Girlfriend Robot," text overlaid on the video reads.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2024-05-02): Fact Check: The Truth About Alleged Elon Musk Post on a Future Robotic 'Housewife Who Never Nags' [...] Between the fact that the image originated with a user who falsely uses large media outlets for credibility, and that Snopes could find no evidence this post existed, we strongly believe the screenshot is fake. This is not the first time someone falsely has connected Musk with robotic women — Snopes fact-checked an AI-generated image of Musk with a "robot wife" back in May 2023. [...] LaMagdeleine, Izz Scott. "Are Images of Elon Musk With a Robot Girlfriend or Wife Real?" Snopes, 23 May 2023, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/elon-musk-robot-wives/.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2023-05-17): These photos of Elon Musk kissing a ‘robot wife’ aren’t real. They’re AI-generated [...] The images of Twitter owner Elon Musk kissing robots were generated by artificial intelligence. There is no evidence that he is making a "robot wife." [...] Full Fact, Pictures of Elon Musk's ‘robot wives’ are AI-generated, May 23, 2023
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2023-05-26): Fake images of Elon Musk kissing ‘robot wives’ are sweeping social media - The images AI-generated, and there is no suggestion that Musk, or anyone, is actually working on creating ‘robot wives’ - Fake images created by AI of celebrities and public figures have gone viral numerous times on social media in recent months AI-generated images of Elon Musk in passionate embraces with so-called "robot wives" have spread on social media, with some users claiming such technology is close to being rolled out. [...] In the post, Marven wrote that Musk has announced his "future wife" who has been "designed with artificial intelligence". He then went on to clarify that the purpose of sharing these pictures is to flag the risks associated with AI.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2024-08-10): This image of Elon Musk dining with a ‘robot girlfriend’ isn’t real, it’s AI-generated [...] Tech 4 Peace, an Iraqi fact-checking outlet and signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network, also reported that the image of Musk with the supposed girlfriend robot was created with artificial intelligence. The fact-checkers also ran the image through an AI detection program and said that the parody account posted other images made with AI. [...] The image of Musk seated in a restaurant with a humanoid robot is not real. We rate claims that he "announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence" False.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2024-08-29): "They’re saying that Elon Musk actually announced this as his girlfriend," a man in a video over the explained. "This is an artificial intelligence, for those who can’t see it. This is a pure announcement of transhumanism at its best." [...] Last year, rumors of Elon Musk having a cyborg girlfriend were sparked by AI photos of Musk dancing with and kissing various robot women. The pictures don’t look that realistic, but France24’s fact-checking team devoted a segment to them. During that round of robot girlfriend rumors, trolls claimed that Musk had actually created a robot wife called Catnilla that is powered by solar energy and never needs to be charged, has positive and negative emotions, and is powered by artificial intelligence.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2023-05-18): No, Elon Musk is not building a 'robot wife' According to some internet users, pictures of Tesla founder Elon Musk kissing humanoid female robots are proof of Tesla's final stages of production for a "robot wife". But the images are AI-generated, including work by the same artist who created a viral image of the pope in a puffer jacket. Vedika Bahl takes a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2024-08-06): Elon Musk’s recent announcement on Twitter that "Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year" suggests that robots that have physical human-like characteristics and provide "genuinely useful" function might be with us soon. [...] Tesla’s Optimus robot is just one of several emerging humanoid robots, joining the likes of Boston Dyanmic’s Atlas, Figure AI’s Figure 01, Sanctuary AI’s Phoenix and many others. They usually take the form of a bipedal platform that is variously capable of walking and sometimes, jumping, along with other athletic feats. On top of this platform a pair of robot arms and hands may be mounted that are capable of manipulating objects with varying degrees of dexterity and tactility. Behind the eyes lies artificial intelligence tailored to planning navigation, recognising objects and carrying out tasks with these objects. The most commonly envisaged uses for such robots are in factories, carrying out repetitious, dirty, dull and dangerous tasks, and working alongside humans, collaboratively, carrying a ladder together for example.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2016-09-03): ROBOTS — IN THEORY, at least — have been around for a long time. There are all sorts of ancient legends about artificially created helpmates and companions: Pygmalion’s statue-come-to-life girlfriend, clay golems, soldiers crafted of gold, talking mannequins. Aristotle theorized that automatons could one day rid the world of slavery by performing unpleasant menial tasks; Leonardo da Vinci drew up designs for a mechanized knight that could sit up and move its head. The word "robot" comes from the Czech word robota, or "compulsory labor." Its roots run through an Old High German word, arabeit, that means "trouble." Just saying. [...] But even if you’re not prone to nightmares about robots going rogue, there are reasons to fret about them. For one thing, they’re displacing humans: working in factories, serving as waiters in restaurants, greeting guests at hotels, even chanting mantras at a Buddhist monastery in China. Later this year, the University of London will host the Second International Congress on Love and Sex With Robots. (Yes. It’s a real thing. Or will be.) Artificial intelligence researchers are agog over the new concept of "neural networks" — computer programming based on how we think the human mind works, with layers and layers of algorithms that branch out and connect and reconnect, to allow robots to observe the surrounding world and learn from it the way a child does, without downloading databases. It may be the key they’ve long been searching for.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2020-02-17): Something peculiar and slightly unexpected has happened: people have started forming relationships with AI systems.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2024-08-15): In 2021, Elon Musk announced a commitment to developing Optimus, a humanoid robot designed to work in factories and, eventually, our homes. At Tesla’s 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting, Musk debuted the robot, showing it folding laundry and suggesting that someday, the robot might cook our meals, clean our homes, and even teach our children.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2021-08-24): The electric vehicle company will develop a humanoid robot prototype dubbed the "Tesla Bot," Musk announced at Tesla's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day on Thursday. According to Musk, the prototype will be completed sometime in 2022, though the billionaire entrepreneur is known for blowing past his own publicly stated deadlines on large, flashy projects. [...] The sentiment — and, for that matter, the entire nature of the announcement — may come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Musk's long-standing public views on AI-powered robots. [...] While Musk is known for his support and development of artificial intelligence, he's long opposed the pace of advancement in robotics — often citing a film that came out when he was just 13.
Claim: “Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.” (Facebook, 2024-08-10)
Evidence (2023-05-22): Elon Musk is confusing fans and onlookers once again, this time with an image of him appearing to kiss a robot that many speculate could be his next wife. [...] Whilst many thought that Musk was really kissing a robot, it turns out that the images were made using AI. [...] Mr Marven added: "It is the first robot that has been manufactured specifically designed with artificial intelligence, with the personality and the characteristics of the female that he dreams of... which is not found in any normal person, because of course, there is no normal person that has all the required specifications.