Gary Marcus hits back at Noah Smith's 'AI is fake crowd is losing' take as a strawman
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-17
Noah Smith (Noahpinion) posted that the "AI is fake" crowd is losing, and fast. Gary Marcus quote-replied to push back, asking who actually ever said "AI is fake" and calling it a strawman: "Strawmen are very much in season." A familiar spat between two prominent industry voices over AI progress and its critics.
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