Gary Marcus mocks OpenAI: GPT-6 'AGI' hype one month, admitted uncontrollability the next
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-05
Gary Marcus contrasts two OpenAI statements a month apart: first hinting GPT-6 could be AGI (spoiler, it wasn't, he says), now admitting current AI's uncontrollability is a problem while asking users to simply accept it. He uses the shift to criticize OpenAI's inconsistency between AGI hype and safety concessions.
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