Gary Marcus fires back: "I never endorsed stochastic parrots; everyone now adds symbols, so I was right"
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-28
Gary Marcus responded to an investor who claimed his predictions were wrong given latest models' video editing and Blender abilities: he never coined or endorsed "stochastic parrots"; his S-1 critiques were already documented; and his core claim — LLMs won't work without added symbols — is validated since "everybody adds symbols now." He points critics to his actual writings.
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