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Now that the public is waking up to the enormous costs to society of AI, the new dirty trick is to spin the costs of AI as if they were marg…
Gary Marcus argues that as public awareness grows regarding AI's societal costs, a rhetorical strategy is being employed to reframe or minimize these costs by presenting them as marginal or inevitable
Gary Marcus argues that as public awareness grows regarding AI's societal costs, a rhetorical strategy is being employed to reframe or minimize these costs by presenting them as marginal or inevitable trade-offs. The post suggests this framing obscures the true scale and significance of AI's negative impacts on society.
Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-06-07