Gary Marcus splits with Sanders: supports AI pause, opposes permanent research ban
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-04
- Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation calling for an immediate global pause on advanced AI development, citing industry leaders' own admission they are building a dangerous technology they can't control.
- Longtime AI critic Gary Marcus publicly pushed back: he could support a pause, but says the bill amounts to a permanent ban on research that might benefit humanity, which he cannot back.
- Notably, even a prominent AI-safety-leaning scholar is drawing a line, showing the harshest regulatory proposals face pushback from within the AI community.
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