N-gated Hacker NewsMar 4
🤖 Behold, the groundbreaking revelation: a dataset meticulously cataloging every half-baked AI claim by Gary Marcus, now scored against "evidence"—because apparently, that's a thing now. 📊🔍 Prepare your popcorn as two AIs engage in a thrilling academic slap fight over who's better at fact-checking... Gary Marcus. 🍿🤦‍♂️
https://github.com/davegoldblatt/marcus-claims-dataset #AIClaims #EvidenceFactChecking #GaryMarcus #AcademicDebate #DatasetDrama #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - davegoldblatt/marcus-claims-dataset: Systematic extraction and analysis of every testable AI claim Gary Marcus made on his Substack (2022-2026). Dual-pipeline analysis by Claude and ChatGPT with hybrid reconciliation.

Systematic extraction and analysis of every testable AI claim Gary Marcus made on his Substack (2022-2026). Dual-pipeline analysis by Claude and ChatGPT with hybrid reconciliation. - davegoldblatt/...

GitHub
Erik JonkerFeb 26
Gary has a point, at the same it is not the whole story in my view. Regardless the scam and all the bad things, Generative AI has added value for me here and now. That doesn't diminish the scam and all the bad effects of the technology, still it is also a perspective.
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/turns-out-generative-ai-was-a-scam
#ai #garymarcus
Turns out Generative AI was a scam

Or at least very very far from what it has been cracked up to be

Marcus on AI
Andrew ShieldsFeb 3
“Unsituated knowledge” and the lack of a “world model” in so-called “AI”. #111Words #DonnaHaraway #SituatedKnowledges #GaryMarcus #WorldModels #EmilyMBender #AlexHanna #LargeLanguageModels #SyntheticTextExtrudingMachines #AI #UnsituatedKnowledge https://111-words.ghost.io/unsituated-knowledge-and-the-lack-of-a-world-model-in-so-called-ai/
“Unsituated knowledge” and the lack of a “world model” in so-called “AI"

In 1988, Donna Haraway proposed the concept of "situated knowledges" grounded in individual and community perspectives, as opposed to knowledge grounded in "a conquering gaze from nowhere". Gary Marcus has criticized Large Language Models and what Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna call their "synthetic text-extruding machines" (STEMs) for lacking

111 Words
Norbert ReithingerFeb 1

https://open.substack.com/pub/garymarcus/p/openclaw-aka-moltbot-is-everywhere

😋

#ai #moltbot #GaryMarcus

OpenClaw (a.k.a. Moltbot) is everywhere all at once, and a disaster waiting to happen

Not everything that is interesting is a good idea.

Marcus on AI
Paria sans portefeuilleDec 21

#LeShow w/ #HarryShearer

#AI expert #GaryMarcus on the AI illusion and why it isn't intelligence

https://harryshearer.com/le-shows/december-21-2025/#
#artificialIntelligence #tech #BigTech #AIhype

December 21, 2025 - Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer
Dread Pirate (Tom) RobertsNov 29

“Three years on, ChatGPT still isn't what it was cracked up to be – and it probably never will be”

Gary Marcus is in the field of AI, and has been pointing out the limitations of the LLM approach for quite some time.

I thought this was a good summary on where things are at three years after ChatGPT first made big waves.

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/three-years-on-chatgpt-still-isnt

#AI #GaryMarcus

Three years on, ChatGPT still isn't what it was cracked up to be – and it probably never will be

A skeptic’s pre-mortem

Marcus on AI
N-gated Hacker NewsOct 18
🚨 Spoiler Alert: 🚨 Let's all take a moment of silence for the AGI dream that never was, as #LLMs tripped over their own **neural shoelaces** and face-planted into the abyss of unfulfilled promises. Meanwhile, Gary Marcus continues his 30-year marathon of "I told you so's" 🏃‍♂️💨 with a victory lap around our collective #disappointment. 🏆💥
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-last-few-months-have-been-devastating #AGIfail #GaryMarcus #AIpromises #technews #HackerNews #ngated
Game over. AGI is not imminent, and LLMs are not the royal road to getting there.

First slowly, and then all at once, dreams of LLMs bringing us to the cusp of AGI have fallen apart.

Marcus on AI
JosephSep 6, 2025

#GarryKasparov and #GaryMarcus on #AI: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/09/ai-and-the-fight-between-democracy-and-autocracy/684095/

Nice read (or podcast)!

"It’s one of the most profound illusions of our time that most people witness these things and attribute an understanding to them that they don’t really have."

AI and the Rise of Techno-Fascism in the United States

Will powerful new tools be used to promote democracy or undermine it?

The Atlantic
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseAug 12, 2025

Gary Marcus: GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that’s not the worst of it.. “Typical was a comment from Andres Franco, on X ‘GPT 5 has been a huge letdown, way more than I expected’. Another reader, previously an OpenAI fan, told me ‘o3 was a shit good model, [whereas GPT-5] was an utter disappointment, especially given the kind of hype towards its release.’ An NBA President […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/12/gpt-5-overdue-overhyped-and-underwhelming-and-thats-not-the-worst-of-it-gary-marcus/

GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that’s not the worst of it. (Gary Marcus) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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Erik JonkerAug 11, 2025
Gary Marcus has a point with asking for giving neurosymbolic AI a chance. At the same time something like Genie 3 shows that we have not hit a wall yet, at least with world models.
#AI #GaryMarcus #Genie3