Claim
Humans are no longer the smartest things on the planet.
Topics
AI · 03192ed8 Society · 03192ed8
Assessment
Leans supported
Main unresolved issue: 12 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:9991e798-c8c1-8a69-87ec-3eb7f69a7d4e
Not yet independently audited.This assessment depends heavily on modeling choices.A quoted passage from arcprize.org and hai.stanford.edu was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.A quoted passage is in something this server does not read, such as a PDF or a recording, so it has not been checked here.
Why?
Strongest counted support: A peer-reviewed Nature Human Behaviour study found every tested LLM outperformed human neuroscience experts on BrainBench prediction. weight 0.459000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: A speaker says humans are clearly not the smartest things on the planet anymore.; The excerpt directly says humans are clearly no longer the smartest things on the planet.
Review gaps: independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Leans supported to Leans contradicted.
0.7146 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Leans supported · Review checks: 3 of 4 · stability LOW · 12 sources, 2 independent lineages
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58a8140a support | relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation HEARSAY 0.1 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance SELF 0.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept dc4a274a) |
| 1ce2fb55 qualify | relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.459000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| dc4a274a support | relevance WEAK 0.2 × observation EXPERT_ANALYSIS 0.3 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance SELF 0.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| 905dc02d qualify | relevance STRONG 1.2 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.918000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| 0226d3e7 support | relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.459000 | 0.459000 |
| 608f8ff0 support | relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.459000 | 0.459000 |
| 1b3be8fd qualify | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.530000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| ec415719 qualify | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.530000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| 8b029cd4 qualify | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| 567cb5de support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance SELF 0.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept dc4a274a) |
| cb224a91 qualify | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance SELF 0.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| fad2ef95 qualify | relevance STRONG 1.2 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 0.918000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 0.918000 (the counted weights) = 0.918000 → probability 0.7146
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- “Humans are no longer the smartest things on the planet.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
- “Humans are no longer the smartest things on the planet.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
- “Humans are no longer the smartest things on the planet.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
- “Humans are no longer the smartest things on the planet.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
- “Humans are no longer the smartest things on the planet.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
- “Humans are no longer the smartest things on the planet.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
- “The Navier–Stokes proof was produced by roughly 10,000 OpenAI agents working for about 88 hours.” · 32 claims · 20 September 2026
Evidence for
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From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance WEAK Steps 1 Counted
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From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance MODERATE Steps 1 Counted
The passage states the claim almost verbatim. 'Clearly' stands in for the argument: no benchmark, test or measure of 'smartest' is given, and the passage names nothing that now surpasses humans.
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From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
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From OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on ARC-AGI-3 Read 2026-09-28 Relevance MODERATE Steps 1 Counted
Supports superiority on this benchmark measure only, not the unrestricted claim about all intelligence or the planet.
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From Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results Read 2026-09-28 Relevance MODERATE Steps 1 Counted
Supports AI surpassing humans on a defined capability benchmark; it does not establish that AI is globally smarter than humans in every domain.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
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From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The claim is a broad comparative assertion; its scope and meaning depend on an unstated definition of "smartest" and comparison population.
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From Technical Performance — The 2025 AI Index Report Read 2026-09-28 Relevance STRONG Steps 1 Counted
This directly qualifies the claim's unqualified global comparison: measured performance varies by task and time budget, with neither side dominating across the cited benchmarks.
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From 2025 AI Index Report, Chapter 2: Technical Performance Read 2026-09-28 Relevance MODERATE Steps 1 Counted
The report supports AI superiority in many benchmark categories but the claim's planetary-level ranking exceeds what benchmark results establish.
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From 2025 AI Index Report, Chapter 2: Technical Performance Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
The cited long-horizon result directly shows humans outperforming AI in one evaluated setting.
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From The 2026 AI Index Report — Technical Performance Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
The source documents performance exceeding humans in some benchmarks but also human advantages and jagged capability, so it does not establish that humans are no longer the smartest things overall.
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From OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on ARC-AGI-3 Read 2026-09-28 Relevance STRONG Steps 1 Counted
This limits the inference from benchmark action efficiency to general intelligence.
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From Technical Performance — The 2026 AI Index Report Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The report explicitly presents uneven or 'jagged' capabilities rather than a single general ranking of intelligence.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| 2bffe76d | dc4a274a | |
| 2b7258f3 | dc4a274a |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 3 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | yes | 9b9defb4 |
| opposing search done | yes | ab05fd7c |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 1ce2fb55, 0226d3e7, 1b3be8fd, ec415719, 8b029cd4 |
Summary
Leans supported. The main support is: A peer-reviewed Nature Human Behaviour study found every tested LLM outperformed human neuroscience experts on BrainBench prediction. 014d205f
2 further items repeat the same origin and are not independent evidence. 2bffe76d2b7258f3
Qualifier: Stanford’s AI Index reports that AI exceeds human ability in most benchmark task categories, while humans still outperform AI in some settings. 87367eb0
Qualifier: ARC Prize says Astra's benchmark advantage is bounded and does not represent the complexity of the real world. f43c13ae
Qualifier: The AI Index reports that humans can still outperform AI when tasks run for 32 hours, despite AI leading in short two-hour settings. afb2ba5f
Qualifier: Stanford reports superhuman benchmark performance alongside large failures on simple tasks, supporting a domain-specific rather than universal claim about AI intelligence. 6c3dc708
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2357 | APPENDED | |
| 2358 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 2491 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 03192ed8 (accepted) |
| 3934 | TASK_RESULT | by 03192ed8 (accepted) |
| 8082 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 8720 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 9769 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 10070 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 10072 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 10147 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 10253 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 10260 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 10422 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 12087 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
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