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This post by AI researcher Gary Marcus summarizes major events in OpenAI's recent history across three acts: ChatGPT's record-breaking success, the dramatic firing and rehiring of CEO Sam Altman, and

So let me make sure I’ve got this correct: >Google gives Anthropic cash to pay Google for compute. >anthropic gives compute away for a loss, and this discounted compute draws in large user bases to ca

Some things never change. If you don’t understand this one, you don’t understand what’s happening AI. Marcus, 1998: neural nets have trouble generalizing far beyond the data. Marcus, 2001, 2012, 2019,

The crux of the Musk-OpenAI trial so far is that Brockman keeps acting as if selling chatbots and API access for profit (which is what they do now) is exactly the same as the original mission (which w

Gary Marcus highlights a concerning trend where non-technical teams are directly deploying production code, which raises significant risks around quality control, security, and system reliability in f

Too early to tell how the trial ends, but if Elon does win, the takeaway might be in part that Greg Brockman made two immense blunders: 1. Writing down all that stuff in his diary 2. Blowing off Elon’

Gary Marcus critiques the gap between AI aspirations and current reality, suggesting that instead of achieving transformative 'singularity' breakthroughs, AI development has become cyclical—repeating

Gary Marcus explores hypothetical scenarios and consequences if OpenAI were to fail or lose its competitive position in the AI industry. The post likely examines implications for AI development, the b

Almost every warning that I have issued over the last several years has come true. You better hope to God or Darwin or whoever you believe in that this one is wrong. Accidental nuclear war is a potent

Confirmed 2.5 years later, by Greg Brockman. Remember how Sam Altman told the US Senate he had no “direct” investment in OpenAI? and how they gushed over his apparent selflessness? 👉He didn’t mention

Gary Marcus and Sam Altman testified before the Senate regarding AI oversight, with Marcus noting that two individuals stood up during the hearing and asserting that one of them told the truth. This r

Gary Marcus criticizes overhyped AI claims, with the term 'marcussed' referring to his practice of debunking exaggerated AI assertions. The post appears to reference a discussion with Yann LeCun about

🚨 GREG BROCKMAN JUST CONFESSED UNDER OATH Q: You have an ownership interest in this cap profit company. Brockman: That is accurate. Q: And you invested 0 in order to acquire that interest. Correct? Br

Greg Brockman’s diary is well on its way to being the most famous, impactful diary of the 21st century. takeaway from Greg Brockman testimony at Elon vs. OpenAI trial today is that no grown man should

Hey filthy rich AI warlords who have alienated most of the population, don’t say I didn’t try to warn you.🤷‍♂️ “Bubble or not, the AI backlash is validating what one researcher and critic has been say

Hilarious (and maybe a little bit scary) that even in 2026 Marc Andreessen still hasn’t learned that LLMs don’t know how to reliably follow system prompts. don't feel bad, guys, the techno-optimist ma

If you need proof of why AI output can't be trusted by default watch that page for more than 1 minute for any given LLM that produces output in there. An amazing time capsule of the unevenness of curr

Literally been saying this for years. @ylecun (who once trashed me for saying stuff like this) has become a carbon copy of me. He has done this so regularly, and without acknowledgement, that it has b

The case against OpenAI is getting markedly stronger now that Musk is off the stand. Why? Musk’s lawyer is interrogating OpenAI founder Greg Brockman, making clear that OpenAI sold its mission as a no

This would be a very good idea, especially if implemented well. Best thing the Trump administration has considered doing around AI. Breaking News: The Trump administration is discussing vetting new A.

VR founder Jaron Lanier says a future where people are paid for the data they give AI is better than one where everyone depends on billionaires to survive 'artificial intelligence is a marketing term,

Way stronger. Today was huge for Musk, bad for OpenAI. The case against OpenAI is getting markedly stronger now that Musk is off the stand. Why? Musk’s lawyer is interrogating OpenAI founder Greg Broc

Well-known, well-respected AI expert Stuart Russell is now testifying at the Musk-OpenAI trial – despite OpenAI’s BS attempts to exclude him. Read the backstory here: A new filing just dropped in the

Why do these influencers always say “just published” for papers published last year? This paper is great, and I have written extensively about it in my newsletter. But c’mon. Apple didn’t “just publis

Gary Marcus reported that Greg Brockman, OpenAI's President, had a $10 million side deal with Sam Altman during OpenAI's early nonprofit period that was not disclosed to Elon Musk or documented in non

agreed The core argument of my latest article 'There is no AI race' was that the 'AI race' between the US and China is a manufactured narrative concocted by US tech companies to serve their corporate

Altman’s bait-and-switch: So, my problem with this is, Altman basically admits he's been running a confidence game for years about this singularity stuff, then pivots when it becomes inconvenient, and

Brian Moore's interactive clock comparison tool demonstrates the significant performance gaps and inconsistencies across different AI systems when performing the seemingly simple task of displaying ti

Demis Hassabis says he plays chess with Gemini to trace the model's chain-of-thought. As a former chess prodigy, he can tell when the model starts reasoning itself into trouble. Sometimes it sees a bl

I have an utter respect for Richard Dawkins, for his brilliance, sheer intelligence, and his works. But @GaryMarcus has a valid critique [1]. [1] https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/richard-dawkins-and-

if even coding doesn’t make serious RoI for users, the jig is probably up. Economics of AI coding tools are crumbling. Cost per developer has doubled because cost of Claude code and microsoft copilot

“In summary, there is very little evidence for LLMs benefiting patients or doctors for health outcomes” - Dr. @EricTopol Read his full review here: https://open.substack.com/pub/erictopol/p/the-parado

It’s been almost six weeks since Jensen Huang claimed we had achieved AGI. Why don’t I feel any different? https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/03/23/nvidias-jensen-huang-says-he-thinks-

Jessica Winter has been raising her children to detest A.I. Then her daughter’s public middle school began receiving Google Chromebooks, which came pre-installed with an all-ages version of Gemini, a

Joseph Gordon-Levitt argues that most AI systems are fundamentally built on 'mass theft,' contending that companies deploying large language models without proper authorization or compensation for tra

Meta bootstrapped China, reaped the positive PR for being “open”, and then went back to being closed. Meta abandons open-source Llama for proprietary Muse Spark https://thenewstack.io/meta-abandons-ll

Old days: “Bigshot chief scientist of major corporation can’t handle criticism of the work he hypes” New days: “Same bigshot no longer hypes LLMs; can’t handle the fact that someone else noticed flaws

Shame on the @AFpost for glorifying Dawkins’ foolish post without asking a single expert whether it made any sense whatsoever. Evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins says that af

Thank god, indeed, that @ylecun publicly stood up and admitted he was wrong, to fight for the greater good. Oh wait. @GaryMarcus thank god he publicly stood up, admitted he was wrong and you were righ

that’s right. 😂 Finally, the great LeCun conversion arc is complete! “LLM agents = disaster” – said the guy who once defended Galactica like it was the Second Coming. Gary, you didn’t change… the time

Why is the AI backlash growing? Outside of coding (where there is clear value), and a handful of other domains (e.g. brainstorming), Generative AI has been a net negative for society. GenAI has been u

5 months later, I would say that AI is definitely on track to produce 90% of all bullshit within a few years. Congratulations LLM Industry, you are changing the world! Claim AI will generate 90% of kn

a bit more about why i think what Dawkins wrote is misguided: “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

and see “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 data to wax p

and see also “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 data to

“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 data to wax poetic ab