Gary Marcus pushes back on AI doom: extinction risk in next decade is negligible
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-05
Responding to a post claiming "we're probably all literally going to die in the coming years," Gary Marcus says don't panic: if "coming years" means within the next decade, the chance of literally everyone dying from AI causes seems negligible, and he doubts any realistic scenario exists for it. Another round in the x-risk debate between doomers and skeptics.
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