Atlantic essay: stop calling AI giants 'labs,' CEO AGI claims are sales pitches
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-06
- Matthew Sun's Atlantic essay calls for abandoning 'lab' as a term for the AI industry's most powerful corporations, reserving it for organizations whose primary activity is scientific research.
- Tyler Harper agrees, criticizing tech journalists who parrot 'CEO says we're on the cusp of AGI' as neutral fact rather than a product sales pitch.
- Gary Marcus amplified the piece, part of broader pushback on media treating vendor AGI claims as fact.
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