Gary Marcus: fixation on AI extinction scenarios distracts from practical misuse defenses
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-18
Gary Marcus told Mashable that people have worked themselves into a frenzy anthropomorphizing basic cybersecurity lapses, focusing on fanciful AI-extinction scenarios instead of asking what practical steps can protect the world's infrastructure from bad actors misusing AI.
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