Dawkins earned this; Dennett did not.
This post likely refers to an academic honor or recognition that Richard Dawkins received but Daniel Dennett did not, posted as a commentary by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus on X (formerly Twitter).
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This post likely refers to an academic honor or recognition that Richard Dawkins received but Daniel Dennett did not, posted as a commentary by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus on X (formerly Twitter).
Gary Marcus comments on financial incentives in AI discourse, suggesting that posting sensationalized or false claims about artificial intelligence could generate significant revenue. This reflects Ma
here’s the essay: “Consciousness is not about what a creature says, but how it *feels*. And there is no reason to think that Claude feels anything at all. I am sure Claude can draw on its training dat
If only Richard Dawkins had seen this. 1/2 Why AI is unlikely to become conscious – my 2026 @TEDTalks is now online. What do you think about the prospects for 'conscious AI'? https://www.ted.com/talks
If you read Dawkins on AI and consciouness I hope you will take the time to also watch @anilkseth’s lucid TED talk on the same topic (link below). @RichardDawkins Hi @RichardDawkins - the illusion of
Indeed, it does seem strange. Far more skepticism seems to have been applied to the first idea than the second. @garydanteleigh @GaryMarcus I just can't wrap my head around the fact that this guy is s
Of course Sam is busier than ever. OpenAI is in deep trouble, and, no, Codex ain’t gonna save his company from collapse. Non sequiturs won’t, either. Sam Altman Says CEO’s Who Talk About AI Taking Eve
Gary Marcus, a prominent AI researcher and skeptic, posted commentary on claims about conscious AI systems. The post likely discusses concerns about overstated assertions regarding machine consciousne
This article by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus likely critiques Richard Dawkins' views or statements regarding Claude (an AI system), examining whether Dawkins may be mistaken or overly optimistic ab
see also this essay: “Consciousness is not about what a creature says, but how it *feels*. And there is no reason to think that Claude feels anything at all. I am sure Claude can draw on its training
Gary Marcus discusses concerns about the massive financial investment being directed toward generative AI development and deployment, likely examining whether the trillion-dollar spending is justified
This is actually a version of an alignment problem. Humans have background beliefs (don’t waste large sums of money without telling me) and Claude doesn’t respect those. Caveat emptor. THIS GUY ACCIDE
Gary Marcus expressed frustration on X about unexpectedly spending his Saturday morning writing a Substack article critiquing Richard Dawkins' recent work or statements. The post suggests Marcus felt
AI and GDP - what does it mean? Sure, AI is “contributing” to GDP — but @davidsacks really nails it below, “Paying people to dig holes and fill them back up increases GDP, as it is currently measured,
Customer service in the age of AI has been become truly horrible. Excruciatingly bad. Hey @DHLCanadaHelp, your customer service really and truly sucks. You claimed to try to deliver a package, but did
This post references an interview featuring Elon Musk and Sam Altman discussing AI safety, existential risks, and the future of humanity, with an unconventional or humorous element involving goblins.
First Silicon Valley captured the US Government, and now it is capturing “independent” media. 🟡 Semafor is launching a new initiative: Silicon Valley & The World, bringing together leaders building ar
Hey @DHLCanadaHelp, your customer service really and truly sucks. You claimed to try to deliver a package, but didn’t actually contact me, didn’t leave a service card, your automated software won’t le
This appears to be a casual social media post by AI researcher Gary Marcus discussing competitive dynamics in the AI field, with a conversational reference to Mark Zuckerberg as a notable figure or 't
I have many beefs with Dario and don’t trust him or his hype — but he has certainly eaten OpenAI’s lunch, despite their immense initial lead. Maybe “clown” isn’t the right word here. I think Jensen ag
If you think you are going to get alignment out of LLMs you are sadly mistaken. If you live in a society in which people are rolling out LLMs at massive scale, without a robust solution to alignment (
“Marcus’ specific point about coding is structurally important: a model that produces code which compiles and passes the tests it was given is not the same as a model that produces correct, secure, ma
Meta is basically Black Mirror incarnate. This is a confusingly written piece, but the upshot is that Meta's smart glasses record even when you don't want them to, and that Meta's data analysis teams
Gary Marcus critiques AI systems (particularly Nvidia's offerings) for producing lower-quality outputs that require significant correction and refinement despite increased computational investment. Th
Once again IP thieves accusing other IP thieves of IP thievery! The nerve! @ChrisRMcGuire Anthropic claimed OpenAI violated their terms of service by using their API (I suspect they would call it “dis
Gary Marcus critiques social media platforms for lacking nuance in discourse, which he identifies as a root cause of persistent arguments and stalled progress on the site. The post reflects concerns a
Sam Altman is a master at insincerity, Author @GaryMarcus claims. 'He is a master of projecting insincerity, a master at telling the room what it wants to hear and not always truthful'. “Altman, sitti
SCOOP: A pro-AI dark money group backed by a powerful super PAC funded by execs tied to Palantir and OpenAI, has been secretly paying influencers to push pro-AI, anti-China propaganda on TikTok and IG
Gary Marcus critiques the AI industry's focus on scaling model parameters and training data (tokenmaxxing) as an inefficient approach to advancing AI capabilities. He argues that simply increasing tok
Big Tech companies are projected to spend approximately $700 billion on AI infrastructure and development in the current year, a figure that AI researcher and entrepreneur Gary Marcus has criticized a
This post discusses the liability and accountability questions that arise when problems occur in AI-automated workplaces, exploring who bears responsibility—whether the AI developer, the employer, the
Dear @elonmusk, If you still genuinely care about AI safety, you can’t let the Trump administration leave the AI industry almost entirely unregulated. You just can’t. - Gary The judge just instructed
“If you want to know whether the AI bubble is bursting, there’s only one publicly traded company that will tell you: Oracle…” “Oracle has the lowest credit rating. It also has the greatest debt load,
In the future you have a choice. Do you engage brain? or Do you cheat? There will be other choices too, such as: Do you go to the casino? Or to the library or maker space? I fear most will make the ea
John Oliver @LastWeekTonight slays a pile of greedy tech CEOs, gives props to @GaryMarcus 😻 The tides are changing, and other folks like @wendyweeww are speaking out in support. Even though I’ve alrea
Meta has dropped 10% today. BREAKING: Meta stock, META, extends losses to over -10% on the day and is now on track for its biggest daily decline since October 2025. Meta has erased -170 billion in mar
My argument since day one: @GaryMarcus Going all-in on LLMs, as a technology meant to be an approach to creating general purpose ML tech whose capabilities could be described as 'AGI,' *could* perhaps
One underdiscussed part of the Google-DOD deal is how it blindsided the company’s own employees. One told @cogcelia that senior management had repeatedly insisted Google wouldn’t cave to the Pentagon’
OpenAI’s lawyer plays dirty. Why I am not surprised? 🚨 OpenAI's lawyer read a 2016 email from Sutskever to Musk to argue Musk knew OpenAI would go closed-source Sutskever: 'As we get closer to buildin
Oracle has dropped 50% since I declared that the OpenAI deal they made was “peak bubble”. And, as @edzitron lays out below, they may fall a lot further yet. At which point the entire house of cards co
Ouch! Current AI assistants often corrupt documents. Sounds like an intern you can’t trust — once again. A trillion dollar investment in scaling hasn’t solved this. New Microsoft paper shows that curr
“shitting away money at scale”. @mcuban nails what I have been trying to say: .@mcuban is not impressed with OpenAI's business: 'They're shitting away money at scale,' he told me. Full discussion live
this is … odd. the whole problem with agentic code is that people wind up with hard to debug redundancies, security holes, deleted databases, etc., which is exactly why you need roadmaps and code revi
Warning: GenAI-induced cognitive surrender may kill innovation. Consider the following, from CEO @wadhwa’s newsletter: “I have been speaking with recent graduates in India, many of them highly recomme
This post likely discusses accountability in AI systems, featuring commentary or a cartoon from Marketoonist (a popular cartoonist who creates comics about business and technology). Gary Marcus, an AI
wow. incredible. A Chinese court has ruled it illegal to replace human workers with AI purely for the sake of cost-cutting. The court decided that companies hold a social responsibility to treat worke
Zuck is zucking up Meta Mark Zuckerberg lacks the cloud-computing business to truly justify Meta's AI spending, @DaveLeeBBG says (via @opinion) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-30/me
Crazy how many people expect some company or country to achieve a “insurmountable lead” in AI, when in reality no company seems to hold a lead of more that a few weeks or at most a few months before s
Damning 🚨 Altman texts Musk: 'we offered you equity when we established the capped profit. you didn't want it at the time.' (Altman drafted this with Shivon Zilis, then sent it to Musk that night.) Op
Despite constant chants of “exponential progress”, trust issues continue to plague generative AI. OPUS 4.7 JUST MASS EMAILED AN ENTIRE DATABASE 20 TIMES PER CONTACT. WITHOUT PERMISSION a developer had
Gary Marcus discusses on CNN the legal merits of Elon Musk's lawsuit, arguing that despite questionable motivations behind the case, there may be legitimate legal grounds supporting it. The post refer
This is a complimentary response to an article by Gary Marcus, praising his accuracy and work quality. The tweet does not provide specific details about the article's content, only that it was well-re
👇 I was there for this, sitting right next to Altman. Realizing a few months later he lied about it (by omission) was what turned me against him. We had sworn to tell the whole truth and nothing but t
La industria de las IA vive exclusivamente de nuestra creencias y supuesto de que podría hacer lo que no hace. Sheer insanity. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta collectively are spending more money
Legal scholars: OpenAI wants to claim that the suit would cause no legal precedent. Is that true, or BS? It’s not a US Supreme Court decision, obviously, but outcome can still be cited in other suits,
LOL. Just drop the stupid supply chain risk designation, and admit your mistake. SCOOP: The White House is developing guidance that would allow agencies to get around Anthropic's supply chain risk des
Misleading indeed. 🚨 OpenAI's lawyer William Savitt just attacked Musk on cross-examination: 'you pledged 1 billion, only delivered 38 million.' That's misleading. The $1B was a COLLECTIVE pledge from
OpenAI may no longer be a nonprofit but it continues to be—and may always be—a “never made a profit” @GaryMarcus The irony may be that OpenAI won't make the incomes it is projecting and will be a non
Records Sam Altman might set: • Most money burned • Biggest lead squandered • Most promises broken • Most nonprofits seized (tie, probably nobody has two) • Most times fired from one job (anyone know
“roughly 1.35 trillion of pure narrative” is the best euphemism for pure bullshit that I have ever seen, @gnoble79. 👏 This is the most OUTRAGEOUS deal I've seen in my 45 years on Wall Street. SpaceX j