Gary Marcus mocks Anthropic: begged for regulation 6 months ago, now 'voters were actually listening?'
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-07
Gary Marcus retweets a satirical take on Anthropic's shifting stance: six months ago the lab pleaded 'someone, for the love of God, slow us down, regulate us, stop us from endangering humanity' — and now, with voters seemingly taking the call seriously, the tone reads 'Oh. Voters were actually listening?' A pointed jab at frontier labs asking for oversight they may not want delivered.
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