Gary Marcus: I never called the recent math results fake, but they still lack generality
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-15
Responding to a question asking whether he'd ever admit the results aren't an elaborate fakeout, Gary Marcus clarifies he has never once claimed the recent math results are fake. He restates his position: the results are impressive, rely critically on neurosymbolic AI (confirming his decades-long academic thesis), yet still lack generality due to missing verifiability.
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