Gary Marcus: ignoring Kimi would be foolish
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-07-20
Gary Marcus says dismissing Kimi would be foolish, and that DeepSeek was already the warning shot many people ignored.
He frames this as part of a broader pattern: some observers keep overreacting to evals or feel-good takes, while missing the longer-term industry impact of these models.
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