Gary Marcus: Chomsky had a stroke 2.5 years ago — stop citing him as an active AI critic
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-05
Gary Marcus pushed back on phrasing like "AI critics are saying," calling it rhetorical mischief: Chomsky, born in 1928, hasn't made a public statement since his stroke about 2.5 years ago. He also notes such discussions ignore non-doomer public intellectuals like himself, who argue current AI poses a serious catastrophe risk (though not extinction per se) due to its poor ability to reliably follow instructions.
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