Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
61/100
The Sydney Morning Herald's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Peter Riley of Penrith asked AI (C8): “‘What’s the best way to get published in Column 8?
asserted
Riley → ask → Column
AI replied: ‘Neither!
asserted
AI → reply → ?
The only currency they accept is wit, whimsy, and a sharp eye for the absurdities of daily life.
asserted
they → accept → life
Aside from the fact that dognapping, extortion and bribery are entirely illegal, Granny does not negotiate with terrorists.
asserted
Granny → negotiate → terrorists
You are much better off trying the legal route’.”
asserted
You → try → route
“I can’t see what all the worry is about AI getting rid of humanity,” opines Peter Berman of Balgowlah.
asserted
Berman → see → Balgowlah
“When the inevitable software glitch happens, and it needs to be turned off and on again, we can just leave it off.”
asserted
we → happen → it
“I’d gladly trade John Turnell’s bogong moths and Dave Pyett’s koel (C8) for our channel-billed cuckoo, which has a squawk likened to that of a prehistoric dinosaur or a pterodactyl,” says Peter Miniutti of Ashbury.
asserted
Miniutti → trade → Ashbury
“I’m not sure who has been around long enough to make that comparison unless AI is older than we think.”
asserted
we → ’m → comparison
“With the recent C8 emphasis on nature, I wish to add another discovery,” offers Warren Finnan of West Ryde.
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Finnan → wish → Ryde
“While working in the backyard, I was whistling the theme song to the TV show, Bewitched, and a nearby koel answered back by warbling the same first four notes.
asserted
koel → work → notes
You might get Samantha back!”
uncertain
You → get → Samantha
“I loved the mention of ‘couth’ (C8) by Messrs Reid and Polgaze,” says Marilyn Irons of Narrabeen.
asserted
Irons → love → Narrabeen
“I can remember my father saying ‘That’s very couth of you’, and it’s stuck with me.
asserted
it → remember → me
Susie Dent in one of her books mentions a character as looking ‘shevelled’.
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Dent → mention → character
Why some words stick and some fall out of favour is a fascinating subject.”
No mention of the Chelsea Pots (C8), but Alison Stewart of Waitara recalls that her husband Doug took her to The Chelsea to celebrate their first wedding anniversary in 1973: “He said that it’s all downhill from now!”
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it → stick → 1973
“Would it be fair to assume that John Lees (C8) has missed out on any celebrity encounters?” asks Warwick Farley of Roseville.
asserted
Farley → assume → Roseville
Actually, it’s quite the opposite.
asserted
it → ’ → ?
In his petition for an end to the mention of luminary concurrence, John made a point of saying “I could name at least a dozen but nobody cares.
uncertain
nobody → make → dozen
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