Better bettor concedes to Gary Marcus as robotaxis finally start to ramp
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-09-03
NathanpmYoung admits he is 'almost certainly' losing his bet with Gary Marcus: robotaxis are finally showing a real ramp after years of skepticism about their scalability.
A notable moment in the long-running debate between AI doom-skeptics and self-driving optimists.
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