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Gary Marcus discusses a potentially overlooked financial risk that could have massive implications for retirement savings, presenting his analysis in an essay format on X. The post appears to emphasiz

It's a shame the Pope didn't ask Chris Olah what happened to his plan to give up to 10% of Anthropic to the authors of the work they train on. (Spoiler: it never happened, and the authors on whose wor

lol. OpenAI as the WeWork of AI. Literally called it, in those exact words, @CNBC w @carlquintanilla, 2024. Now even SoftBank is worried. SoftBank's own executives think Sam Altman is scamming their C

Neurosymbolic AI is saving deep learning from hitting the wall (*exactly* as I said my 2022 paper “deep learning is hitting a wall”) Really sad to see someone as smart @peterwildeford confusing the or

Nine reasons why I warned OpenAI might fail and turn out to be the WeWork of AI, from two years ago. 9 reasons that OpenAI could someday be seen as the WeWork of AI: 👉 Lots of competitors are catching

Gary Marcus, a prominent AI researcher and critic, questions whether a word cloud diagram could possess consciousness, likely engaging in ironic commentary on overclaimed AI capabilities or consciousn

openai truly tanked a golden reputation, and squandered its lead, yet its board stands by its CEO, and looks for a band aid. OpenAI has a PR challenge, and although it's spoken to several candidates f

Gary Marcus critiques SpaceX's valuation as unreasonably inflated, using hyperbolic language to suggest the company's market assessment lacks rational justification. The post likely discusses concerns

SpaceX has lost 13B since 2023 and #WallStreet is still pricing the IPO at 1 TRILLION. Though a mere economist, @deanbaker13 says the math isn't adding up. https://cepr.net/publications/wall-street-sa

SpaceX's corporate structure and financial arrangements have been criticized by experts as potentially favoring Elon Musk's interests over those of other shareholders. The article examines how the com

temporarily putting PhD in my social media name because this tweet from Elon is so asinine and because Elon’s goons went after a friend for supporting the poor kid that Elon so rudely attacked. @iScie

This post draws a comparison between Elon Musk and Sam Altman based on insights from SpaceX's S-1 filing, highlighting shared characteristics or philosophies between the two tech leaders. The analysis

An OpenAI insider (@thsottiaux) raises concerns about the risks of over-relying on AI agents to handle cognitive tasks, warning against wholesale delegation of thinking to autonomous systems. The warn

The SpaceX IPO is a shitshow. When you peel back the layers, you realize how thoroughly corrupt it is. SpaceX’s unconventional corporate arrangements appear to benefit Elon Musk at the expense of othe

this basically destroys the extrapolations that had Anthropic making two trillion dollars a year. It's clear that growth for coding tools such as Claude Code has decelerated from the pace it was since

this logic from 2024 held up pretty well considering all that’s changed. 9 reasons that OpenAI could someday be seen as the WeWork of AI: 👉 Lots of competitors are catching up. 👉 OpenAI has been force

University of California STEM professors want standardized tests back due to severe math deficiencies among students: “We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle sc

Gary Marcus criticizes a company's prospectus as containing unserious, empty, and potentially dishonest claims before its inclusion in the S&P 500 index. The post appears to highlight concerns about i

when you think about it SpaceX has cumulatively lost a lot less than OpenAI so maybe it’s a bargain? or maybe we just shouldn’t value companies at a trillion dollars until they actually show evidence

100% agree. and this is important. and it will affect you, personally. The SpaceX IPO is the most brazen retail fleecing in modern market history. NASDAQ has REWRITTEN the index rules specifically for

Anthropic is really a mixed bag; they rightly support moderate regulation, but they invite wildly anthropomorphic language about LLMs, and steal IP just like their peers. Anthropic are the bad guys. W

As one of the first people to warn about a possible AI backlash—years ago—let me tell you this: it’s going to get much, much worse. It breaks my heart that AI—something I spent my whole life thinking

👇@davidSacks raises some interesting points here, which deserve an answer, but arguably gets the solution exactly backwards. Are we not now already leaving unelected private companies precisely the ab

Finally, a big name has the courage to tell it: we are nowhere near AGI. Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel laureate for AlphaFold, put it neat and clear: 'Today's systems are nowhere ne

for the years it was the opposite bashing AI gets more views than it used to BECAUSE PEOPLE FIGURED OUT HOW GREEDY MOST OF THE TECH OLIGARCHS ARE. even the Pope felt it was time to speak out. Bashing

From the Patrick Boyle Channel on YouTube discussing the upcoming SpaceX IPO: Based on its filing, SpaceX has lost ~ $37 Billion over 24 years. The worst performance of any company which has gone publ

🚨 Google DeepMind CEO Sir Demis Hassabis: “Today’s systems, are nowhere near [AGI]. Doesn’t matter how many Erdős problems you solve… I think it’s far, far from what a true invention or someone like a

Great that so many of you have enjoyed my deconstructions of Elon, Zuckerberg, and that OpenAI dude, but this is much more important: ⚠️⚠️⚠️i don’t think most people understand the implications of the

Ha. @demishassabis and @DarioAmodei, who are running the two best AI labs in the world both have PhDs. Jim Simons, who founded one of the biggest hedge funds in the world had a PhD. Eric Schmidt, Goog

Gary Marcus humorously suggests changing one's social media name to 'Kekius Maximus,' likely commenting on internet culture, meme terminology, or the absurdity of online personas. The post appears to

Gary Marcus comments on how widespread reporting of similar issues or problems across multiple companies can lead to a collapse of confidence or a 'bubble pop' in a particular sector or narrative. The

If I wrote a short, cheap, electronic sequel to Taming Silicon Valley, perhaps with a title like “Getting to an AI that is good for all of humanity” (perhaps donating proceeds) would you read it and g

interesting to listen to this years later. what held up? what changed? I had a podcast where I was fortunate to have amazing guests. This was just as GPT 3 came out. Despite LLMs exceeding so many exp

it’s great! you can pay for the infrastructure that will eventually take your jobs! and if it fails and the bubble bursts? you can bail the hyperscalers out, and watch your pension fund die. The CEO o

I've yet to see, or hear of a company that is winning against its competition, because said company is spending more on AI tools, or using it better than the competition. Ways I see companies win: - b

Musk hates Altman because Altman deceived him. Altman hates Musk because Musk is an egomaniac. LeCun (who is an equally big egomaniac) hates Musk because Musk is a jerk. Musk hates LeCun because LeCun

Gary Marcus and David Sacks found common ground on an unspecified topic, as indicated by Marcus's post on X (formerly Twitter). Without access to the full thread context, the specific point of agreeme

people in glass houses should not throw stones, Zuck Mark Zuckerberg says Apple's lack of innovation since the iPhone will lead to its decline 'They haven't really invented anything great in a while.

Pope Leo has warned that the artificial intelligence revolution is being driven primarily by profit motives rather than ethical considerations, characterizing this as a form of 'idolatry of profit.' T

smdh Chamath Lays Out the Case for SpaceX at $2 Trillion – Starlink: the most important internet infra project since the internet itself – Rockets: underlying platform that allows everything else to h

Gary Marcus expresses skepticism about SpaceX's pivot from rockets to AI, questioning whether this strategic shift should impact the company's valuation. The post uses rhetorical questioning to sugges

Survey, broken down crudely by education, of your view of Elon? Are a you a scientist (with/working on a PhD or similar degree)? (Else please choose “not a sci” if you are not). And do you think Elon

The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, admits that the trillions of dollars being used to build data centers and power grids will come from ordinary people’s savings accounts and pension funds, and says it

The Frenchman (@ylecun) seems incapable of giving credit where credit is due. @GaryMarcus is correct about LeCun's lack of integrity. Here he is rephrasing something that everyone else in the business

the tech bros think they know better than me they think they know better than @michaeljburry they think they know better than the Nobelist @DAcemogluMIT they think they know better than @sundarpichai

this bit on physics is deep and actually resonates with the fact that LLMs are equally comfortable learning any world, whereas humans are built for our world. See also Chomsky’s 2023 conversation with