Gary Marcus: Essentially Zero Chance of AI-Driven Human Extinction by 2030
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-10
Gary Marcus pushed back hard on AI doomerism, calling extinction-by-2030 claims "total nonsense" and asserting there is essentially zero chance of human extinction by 2030. He promises a detailed argument in his Thursday newsletter and challenges skeptics to name a concrete, plausible extinction scenario. The original poster argued current systems can't even plan reliably, let alone end humanity.
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