Gary Marcus cites survey: 79% of firms have idle GPUs yet still plan new AI platforms
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-25
Gary Marcus shared a VentureBeat report as evidence for his GenAI bubble thesis: 79% of companies admit their GPUs sit idle at least half the time, yet most still plan to build new AI platforms. He predicts such stats will feature prominently in future postmortems of the GenAI crash.
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