Gary Marcus: no one should build potentially dangerous AI without public sign-off
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-09
Reacting to a sarcastic call for the US government to halt Anthropic's IPO and raid its HQ over claimed >10% extinction risk, Gary Marcus argued seriously that no one should be allowed to build a potentially dangerous AI product unless the public signs off that benefits outweigh the risks.
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