Gary Marcus: the AI bubble will burst, pure scaling is done, neurosymbolic AI already won
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-10
Gary Marcus amplified a jab noting Google issues 100-year bonds for hardware depreciated over 6 years, training models with a useful lifespan of 0–4 months. He argues the question is no longer whether the AI financial bubble will burst, but when.
His predictions: valuations will be crushed, bailouts will be sought, pure scaling is done. LLMs will remain, but focus will shift to harnesses, loops, and tool use borrowing from classical AI — neurosymbolic AI has effectively won, and the search for better tech will intensify.
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