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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
This creates problems for the @Kevinroose narrative that AGI is near. Finally, a big name has the courage to tell it: we are nowhere near AGI. Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel laureate
time to get out of index funds? they will soon be saddled with the IPOs of three giant companies that barely make a profit (or don’t make profits at all). I don’t personally want to be part of that. (
What I don’t get is why so few people care that LeCun is basically a thief. I really don’t get it. Dr. LeCun's heavily promoted Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA, 2022) [5] is the heart of
woah @Noahpinion is attacking @demishassabis here — calling what Demis said not “credible” — but misinterpreting what Hassabis is *actually* saying. What Demis actually said is both completely credibl
AGI is certainly not here by the definitions I have repeatedly laid out. or by criteria that @hendrycks @Yoshua_Bengio and I and others recently laid about at http://agidefinition.AI i don’t think any
Gary Marcus posted a clarification about humor and irony in a previous post that was apparently misunderstood by readers, indicating he felt the need to make his intended meaning more explicit. The po
Can't agree more. After trying out ChatGPT 5.4/5.5 for two months I feel it's far from replacing human researchers, even though it's enabling me to do things not possible before. The effect on how out
Gary Marcus discusses how alignment instructions in large language models often fail to work as intended, and argues that the emotional attachment some people develop toward LLMs can create additional
Gary Marcus humorously notes that George Hotz, an AI researcher and entrepreneur, is beginning to echo Marcus's own views or criticisms, likely regarding AI safety, limitations, or technical concerns.
fascinating - the X algorithm literally gives no weight to being truthful or well-sourced. which kind of shows. So I spent some time studying the new Twitter/X algorithm today since the latest version
Gary has been wrong about plenty of things, and right about plenty more. That's what happens when you say things publicly about the future. I disagree with him about lots of his expectations about the
This appears to be a social media comment acknowledging Gary Marcus's previous critical positions on AI, with the commenter suggesting that negative reactions directed at Marcus validate the accuracy
This post from Gary Marcus appears to reference a humorous or notable moment related to his work, with image attachments in Traditional Chinese that provide context to the claim that he 'has won again
@GaryMarcus @hendrycks @Yoshua_Bengio We recently tested all of the major LLMs with tic-tac-toe, modified chess, and a novel game -- even the top models all failed: illegal moves, claiming a win when
GOOGLE CEO: “THERE IS SOME IRRATIONALITY IN THE CURRENT AI BOOM. THE GROWTH OF AI INVESTMENT HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT.” ASKED WHAT HAPPENS IF THE AI BUBBLE POPS, HE SAID: “I THINK NO COMPANY I
have always wondered about this: is it that the true believers willfully simply don’t want to understand my actual positions or do they lack the cognitive chops to follow them? @GaryMarcus This, sadly
here’s one sample, below, not even the only one I saw today; another claimed I don’t do research anymore when I had published articles in two top journals (Science and the Proceedings of The Royal Soc
he’s not dumb and certainly his IQ is above average but as I wrote somewhere before “I think that Musk has consistently made a dumb set of choices - largely stemming from a mix of four cognitive error
hilarious how all the objections to this post about how elon understands engineering better than science point to elon’s engineering accomplishments, rather than his (meager) record of scientific inno
⚠️⚠️⚠️i don’t think most people understand the implications of the mood shift below, so I will spell them out. they are serious, and eventually will affect the global economy. when a serious coder as
> I’m now in the LeCun/Marcus camp on LLMs > real programming agents will need world models > not some RLVR shit it’s over The Eternal Sloptember https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/05/2
Interesting point … but are there any critics of mine that are “authentic” who have laid out a systematic critique, without relying on strawmen? @GaryMarcus While addressing some critics can be helpfu
interestingly (although it is bit apples and oranges) the number below is a similar to the fraction of cars involved in car accidents (mostly nonfatal) in a week. but, crucially, we have tons of measu
It’s no longer just AI companies & their founders being sued over AI training - individual researchers are now being sued, too. In a new lawsuit, two authors allege that Guillaume Lample, while an AI
Let the record show: honest critique is not pessimism. Your points on scaling limits and neurosymbolic AI have been validated. Fair debate requires engaging with what was actually said. Retweeting thi
LLM companies are likely to be like airline companies: small margins, intense competition, high expenses. @GaryMarcus Airlines taught us something important: unlimited demand does not guarantee attrac
Gary Marcus discusses whether it is worthwhile to publicly document and explain the logical and conceptual errors made by his critics, framing it as a potential educational exercise. The post reflects
neurosymbolic by @swarat et al for the Erdos win, with much more careful, quantitative work than openai’s in hindsight i wonder whether OpenAI rushed theirs out, knowing this was coming? Another 9 ope
not using LLM’s works for me Prolonged AI use may make it harder to think critically and creatively, recent research suggests. But there are ways to keep the brain fit https://www.economist.com/scienc
Gary Marcus critiques Elon Musk's public perception, arguing that those lacking scientific expertise tend to overestimate Musk's genius while scientifically literate individuals recognize significant
sure, but could you look up at the sky with utter sincerity while you said it? @GaryMarcus 'Fastest growing business', 'loses $5B a year'. I could easily hemorrhage at least 3x that, if that's what 'b