US EditionGenerative AI's most prominent skeptic doubles down
- Gary Marcus, a longtime NYU professor and AI skeptic, criticized generative AI at the 2025 Web Summit in Vancouver, Canada.
- He argues that current AI, based on large language models trained on vast datasets, suffers from persistent hallucinations that limit practical use.
- Marcus promotes neurosymbolic AI that rebuilds human logic and warns that the current focus on large language models starves out potentially better alternatives.
- He stated, "Right answers matter," and cautioned that investors may face setbacks while companies like OpenAI monetize user data amid generative AI's limitations.
- Marcus believes generative AI will find niche uses but sees tunnel vision delaying transformative AI progress and fueling Orwellian surveillance risks.
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Generative AI’s most prominent skeptic doubles down
Two and a half years since ChatGPT rocked the world, scientist and writer Gary Marcus still remains generative artificial intelligence's great skeptic, playing a counter-narrative to Silicon Valley's AI true believers. Marcus became a prominent figure of the AI revolution in 2023, when he sat beside OpenAI chief Sam Altman at a Senate hearing in
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Generative AI's most prominent skeptic doubles down
Two and a half years since ChatGPT rocked the world, scientist and writer Gary Marcus still remains generative artificial intelligence's great skeptic, playing a counter-narrative to Silicon Valley's AI true believers.
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