Gary Marcus accuses Sabine Hossenfelder of character assassination over cherry-picked AI predictions
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-04
Gary Marcus publicly escalated his feud with Sabine Hossenfelder, accusing her of quoting a few predictions out of context while ignoring the correct ones and making no effort to evaluate them — calling it "not science but character assassination" and telling her she should be ashamed. The latest round in the debate over how to judge AI forecasters' track records.
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