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Gary Marcus is the Glenn Greenwald of AI. Doesn't mean he is wrong, just that he's always spitting venom like cut snake in his proclamations.

You don't like OpenAI Gary, we get it.




Ok, but please don't post low-quality flame-style comments to HN. It only makes things worse.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


These posts from him are so tiring. If ChatGPT-5 was a high fidelity 100% accurate simulation of a team of top tier grad students, he'd be writing that we will soon run out of grad student brains to scan and results will taper off.

It would an powerful tool, changing the world but the post would be the same 'nothing to see here folks' post as this.


> It would an amazing tool, changing the world but the post would be the same 'nothing to see here folks' post as this.

It will change the world for the worse. We don't need more progress and more technology. What's the point of living if we're going to give all the funnest work to AI? Idiocy.


Maybe amazing was the wrong word. I just meant regardless of whether AI tools are getting better or worse - regardless of whether things are looking to go on improving forever or tapering off - he will write the same post.

That makes the posts devoid of meaning. It's gist is unaffected by the things happening in the real world. Will always be "I told you this wouldn't work".


Why would you think research is fun if we don’t need more progress? If one were to take your comment seriously they would conclude we must fire all those people working on fun problems.


They can work on any problems they wish. Just not at the expense of the biosphere :)


It is funny when you know neither A or B in A is the B of C claims.


I've also never seen a cut snake spit venom!




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