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21 June 2026 23h59

How big tech hides the true cost of AI @wsj

21 June 2026

Gary Marcus argues math doesn’t disprove LLM novelty

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21 June 2026 16h56

this claim around creativity is too strong, IMHO. truly novel ideas from LLMs are surely rare but i don’t think that any math proves they are impossible. note that the objective function and the outputs are not the same.

21 June 2026

Generative AI is a runaway train, says Gary Marcus

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20 June 2026 22h16

If Generative AI were a vehicle, it would be a runaway train.

Is Generative AI the most soul-crushing technology?

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20 June 2026 20h40

Has there ever been a more a soul-crushing technology than Generative AI?

Gary Marcus argues AI needs symbolic tools, not just scale

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20 June 2026 19h55

this is so not true.

anthropic’s own Claude Code uses harnesses, symbolic tools, regular expressions and 500,000 lines of symbolic code.

it’s not scale alone

and it *is* specialized. https://t.co/BrNEpLa9Xd
— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) 20 juin 2026

this is so not true. anthropic’s own Claude Code uses harnesses, symbolic tools, regular expressions and 500,000 lines of symbolic code. it’s not scale alone and it *is* specialized.

Gary Marcus argues LLM job loss hype is overblown

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20 June 2026 1h02

Only a narrative violation if you believed people with a lot of money at stake. • Most of the people that said lots of jobs would soon disappear were running LLM companies trying to overhype their wares. • Personally, I told you that the hype wasn’t likely true (e.g. in my

Gary Marcus Lists Eight Reasons to Slow Hyperscaling

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20 June 2026 0h14

Eight reasons to slow down hyperscaling:
• What GenAI has already done to society
• What AI slop is doing to the internet
• What data center overbuild is likely to do the economy • What data center overbuild is likely to do the environment • What cyberattacks may do to the

Neurosymbolic reasoning is in fact winning

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18 June 2026 23h57

and neurosymbolic reasoning is in fact winning.

18 June 2026

Gary Marcus criticizes ignorance about world models

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18 June 2026 23h56

you are kidding me right? i have pushing for world models for a decade, made specific technical criticisms that held since 1998 based on tests i did with models etc. you have shown your own ignorance, nothing more.