Gary Marcus: near-term AI risk is deepfaked disinformation, not extinction
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-22
Commenting on UN AI news, Gary Marcus argues the near-term threat is neither extinction nor superintelligence, but wholesale deepfaked disinformation plus unreliable AI systems stealing credentials and launching cyberattacks at scale. He also warns of a possible recession if the massive AI bets prove unsustainable.
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