Gary Marcus mocks shifting AI doom narratives: from 'AI will kill us' to 'AGI achieved'
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-07
Gary Marcus shares a satirical dialogue mocking how AI risk narratives keep shifting: 'AI will kill us all' — tried it; 'AI takes everyone's jobs' — tried it; 'solve cancer', 'solve physics' — tried those too. The new line: 'we achieved AGI.' Replying to Grady Booch, Marcus uses the bit to voice distrust of AGI-hype as a distraction tactic.
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