Gary Marcus: AI oversight needs multiple independent evaluators, like real science grant panels
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-05
Gary Marcus endorses Daniel Kokotajlo's point that you can — and should — have more than one independent AI evaluator, to balance technical expertise (human failures vs cybersecurity vs model capabilities), ideology, and perspective. Every grant panel he served on valued scholars with different expertise; industrial AI governance can learn from real science.
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