Gary Marcus: OpenAI's Progress is Domain-Specific Augmentation, Not AGI
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-02
Gary Marcus reiterates his stance from January, arguing that the recent performance improvements in coding and math do not signify progress towards AGI.
He suggests the gains smell like heavy domain-specific data augmentation or reliance on verification mechanisms that are simply easier in those fields. He accuses OpenAI of reinventing 1980s-style domain-wise engineering hacks while marketing it as AGI.
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