Gary Marcus posts tulip-mania price chart, hints AI is a bubble rhyming with history
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-29
AI critic Gary Marcus shared a chart of the 1634–1637 Dutch tulip price index, writing that while "history may not repeat," he smells a "tulip-scented rhyme" — his latest jab suggesting today's AI boom echoes history's most famous asset bubble.
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