Gary Marcus calls for moratorium on calling 2024 papers 'just published'
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-21
- Gary Marcus mocked AI influencers for labeling 2024 papers as "just published," calling for a moratorium on the phrasing.
- The quoted post claims Oxford researchers argued LLMs cannot truly invent, since next-word predictors can't hold beliefs the existing data marks as wrong — while breakthroughs like the Wright brothers' flight came from theories ahead of the data.
- Marcus's jab is really about cooling down recycled "fresh research" narratives in the AI discourse.
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