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Marcus on AI
garymarcus.substack.com > p > breaking-two-rays-of-hope

BREAKING: Two rays of hope

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (266+ words) Senator Blumenthal just sent a great letter to OpenAI, reminiscent of the famous Watergate-associated phrase, “What did the President know, and when did he know it?”. The letter demands detailed answers about OpenAI’s agents, their role in various hacks, and…...

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garymarcus.substack.com > p > the-case-for-boycotting-generative

The Case for Boycotting Generative AI

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1148+ words) It has become clear by now that the frontier labs are knowingly and by their own admission doing something irreversible and incredibly dangerous without public consent. They are already causing harm, and things could conceivably get much worse. They have…...

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garymarcus.substack.com > p > two-ways-it-might-all-fall-apart

Two ways it might all fall apart

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (152+ words) “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” “What brought it on?” “Friends,” said Mike. “I had a lot of friends. False friends. Then I had creditors, too. Probably had more creditors than…...

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garymarcus.substack.com > p > data-center-madness

Data center madness - by Gary Marcus

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (335+ words) Part I: costs and how much revenue you would need to justify those costs. Estimate #1 comes from Peter Berezin, Chief Economist at BCA Research. (You can read his full post, with some graphs and a link to a longer report, here.)…...

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garymarcus.substack.com > p > breaking-us-young-adults-are-now

Breaking: U.S. young adults are now more concerned about AI than enthusiastic

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (354+ words) Marcus on AI | Substack Breaking: U.S. young adults are now more concerned about AI than enthusiastic Brief update to last’s week’s note re: the growing backlash. You can read more here. This may go down in history as one of the…...