Gary Marcus criticizes OpenAI investment logic as 'check-kiting', warns of speculative bubble
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-21
Gary Marcus published a column titled 'Leopold’s Folly', criticizing the investment logic in the generative AI industry for bearing similarities to 'check-kiting' circularity. He questions whether the massive debts being issued can ever be repaid by future profits, arguing that the US is failing to learn from the mistakes made in Leopold Aschenbrenner's predictions.
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