Gary Marcus Questions Trillion-Dollar Data Centers
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-07-17
Gary Marcus questions: Given that LLMs have become commoditized, models are getting smaller, more open, and highly efficient, why are we still investing trillions of dollars into data centers and closed-source LLMs?
He further probes: Which part of this entire endeavor is actually not "bound to happen eventually"?
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