Gary Marcus mocks frontier-model release cycle: AGI hype, failure, rebrand, repeat
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-05
Gary Marcus endorsed ThreadedInsight's breakdown of the frontier-model release playbook: hint at AGI → hype → selective demos → solve one obscure math problem → marginal benchmark gains → real-world failures → "the next model is AGI." His verdict: "Rinse, rebrand, repeat" — the AGI goalpost moves one model further away each cycle.
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