Gary Marcus backs critique of Musk for conflating AI with 'superintelligence'
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-05
Gary Marcus amplified gmiller's critique of Elon Musk: 'AI' has been the standard term since 1956, while 'superintelligence' had a precise meaning in Nick Bostrom's 2014 writing — an AI vastly exceeding human cognition across all domains. Conflating the terms is called confusing, historically uninformed, and dismissive of seven decades of AI research.
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