Gary Marcus: History books on the late 2020s will be like those on the Great Depression
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-20
Gary Marcus tweeted that books about the mid-to-late 2020s will be like books about the Great Depression, with the same theme in every one: "what were they thinking?" This implies his strong concern regarding the current direction of AI development or the state of society.
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