AI safety spat: Gary Marcus calls essay 'scariest thing in years', author fires back
jachiam0 · x · 2026-09-04
- Gary Marcus quoted an essay by someone "tight with OpenAI", calling it the scariest thing he's read in years — claiming it essentially asks for "a hall pass to destroy humanity", worsened by reduced monitorability in Astra.
- The author (jachiam0) responded publicly: he's stating non-hyperbolic predictions, not fearmongering, and is planning accordingly — building capability to "decisively win a strategic competition against an AI adversary" if one arises, while rejecting a doomed-outlook framing.
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