Even AI skeptics and insiders badly misread the timeline in 2022
akbirthko · x · 2026-07-25
The post reflects on Gary Marcus’s 2022 prediction list and argues that, while he can be goofy, many smart people on Twitter still had timelines that looked much longer than what has actually happened. It’s essentially a reminder that even informed AI forecasters often underestimate how fast or weird progress can be.
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