AI Community Drama: LeCun and Sutton Grouped with Gary Marcus
unironictechbro · x · 2026-08-13
An X user pointed out a frustrating dynamic in the AI community: prominent figures like Yann LeCun and Richard Sutton are frequently placed in the same bracket as Gary Marcus, a well-known AI critic.
What makes it sadder, according to the post, is that both LeCun and Sutton seem perfectly fine with this categorization, despite the vast difference in their technical contributions to the field.
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