Gary Marcus mocks: NVDA down just 0.5% despite news its two major AI startups may 'destroy civilization'
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-09
Gary Marcus posted a tongue-in-cheek take: news that the two major AI startups Nvidia backs "may destroy civilization as we know it" only knocked NVDA down about half a percentage point. The jab mocks the disconnect between AI x-risk rhetoric and market reaction, while poking at Nvidia's entanglement with OpenAI and Anthropic.
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