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Taming Silicon Valley – Prof. Gary Marcus [video]
- bbor 2y agoAww… definitely makes you feel for the man beneath the bluster. Most of it seems to be typical Marcus fare—basically that LLMs aren’t true AI yet are also dangerous yet are irreparably broken-but the segment on X-risk is the first time I’ve seen him comment on that, at least for a while. He starts with “I don’t want to see agents happen” basically, and… on some level I think everyone agrees with that, at least on some guttural level. He brings it on himself (talk about a vitriolic title…), but still, I’m guessing he misses the days when all of this was a bit more calm and he didn’t have to spend his days being the eternal critic. I’m sure it’s brought him plenty of money and substack subscribers, but you can tell in this video that he’s a true academic that is seriously invested in AI as a discipline, if not as an immediate capitalist reality. Sorry for the kinda off-topic comment, and thanks for sharing! Will have to try to catch the rest tomorrow. He looks good, which in these Dennett-less days we should certainly appreciate