Gary Marcus says AI hype is full of claims but short on evidence
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-07-24
Gary Marcus says his feed is full of AI cope: people claim either that the goalposts have moved or that hard problems have been solved, but rarely provide specifics. He asks critics to argue with evidence and points to a longer thread of receipts covering the past 25 years.
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