Gary Marcus: Tulip mania was better than AI — at least it didn't burn money
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-19
AI critic Gary Marcus mocked the current AI investment frenzy, quipping that "at least tulips did not light money on fire and did not need to be circularly financed." The jab compares the AI boom to the 17th-century Dutch tulip mania, suggesting that today's circular financing deals among AI giants make the bubble look even worse than history's most famous speculative mania.
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