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A few dark words about chatbots and death
Content warning: this article includes discussion of suicide.
13 hrs ago • Gary Marcus
How Generative AI is destroying society
An astonishingly lucid new paper that should be read by all
Jan 14 • Gary Marcus
The rapid rise and slow decline of Sam Altman
Bad news from Apple yesterday highlights OpenAI’s eroding lead
Jan 13 • Gary Marcus
Let’s be honest, Generative AI isn’t going all that well
A sampling of recent news
Jan 12 • Gary Marcus
The Worst Person in Tech
2025’s winner has taken a huge early lead in 2026 that will be hard to beat
Jan 7 • Gary Marcus
Breaking: Marcus weighs in (mostly) for LeCun
LeCun’s ugly departure from Meta - and why I mostly sympathize with him (but nonetheless doubt he will succeed at his new gig)
Jan 6 • Gary Marcus
The (possibly) coming AI backlash and information warfare
Excerpts from two recent essays.
Jan 6 • Gary Marcus
Why ChatGPT can’t be trusted with breaking news
A new case in point
Jan 3 • Gary Marcus
Marcus on AI
"Marcus has become one of our few indispensable public intellectuals. The more people read him, the better our actions in shaping Al will be." - Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Ministry for the Future
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