Generative AI in nutshell: 'If the technology is as formidable as the [tech CEO's] claim, then they could be leading us toward existential d…

Generative AI in nutshell: "If the technology is as formidable as the [tech CEO's] claim, then they could be leading us toward existential disaster; if the technology proves less transformative, and thus less valuable than the hype suggests, then they are merely setting us up for global economic disaster." --@chaykak in The New Yorker new @NewYorker column: the AI industry's catastrophic messaging problems, the paradoxes of commercial hype and real-world danger

Director James Cameron on why Big Tech owning AGI is scarier than any science fiction he's ever made: 'AGI will not emerge from a government…
A cry for the kind of extreme unfettered capitalism that could get us all killed and make all of @ESYudkowsky’s worst nightmares come true.
This – “The CEO of Google DeepMind (@demishassabis) just admitted that if the decision had been his, we would've cured cancer before anyone …
I agree totally @Gary. I’ve been saying this since the ChatGPT moment in Nov 22. Thank you for saying it out loud @demishassabis. Too much t…
Prediction from a year ago about AI backlash that looks to be on track:
What happened to Sam Altman and his family is really awful. It is hard to reconcile his call to “de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics” with …

Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-04-15

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