Gary Marcus at NYC Council: only generative AI lacks control, pause just that
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-05
Jacob Coxon and Daniel Kokotajlo testified at an NYC City Council meeting hosted by Speaker Menin, opening with "We do not know how to control any AI system yet." Gary Marcus pushes back: that's not quite true—many AI systems (AlphaGo, GPS routing) pose no control problems. What is true, he argues, is that we don't know how to control generative AI specifically—so the pause should target that technology alone.
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