#garymarcus — Public Fediverse posts

“ #ClaudeCode isn’t better because of #scaling. It’s better because it is #neurosymbolic. #Anthropic accepted the importance of using #classical #AI #techniques alongside #neuralnetworks — precisely the marriage I have spent my career advocating.” - #GaryMarcus open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

#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

Weekly output: Dashlane, T-Mobile home 5G, AI skepticism at Black Hat, the Fourth Amendment at Black Hat, Black Hat’s network, AOL dial-up

Black Hat is one of the more exhausting and intimidating events that I cover. That’s not because I stress over the risk of my devices getting compromised, but because almost all of its two-day schedule is blocked out by timeslots featuring from nine to 11 briefings each. That increases the odds of my missing something good and reduces the time in which I can write up what I do see.

Over at Patreon, I explained to readers why I decided not to stick around Vegas for another couple of days to cover the DEF CON security conference, somewhat to my dismay.

8/6/2025: Dashlane to Delete Its Free Tier of Service, PCMag

I wrote this Monday afternoon off an embargoed copy of Dashlane’s press release after getting further input from a publicist on two points.

8/6/2025: T-Mobile Tweaks 5G Home Internet to Add Benefits (and Fine-Print Fees), PCMag

An editor suggested I take a look at the T-Mobile announcement heralding some added perks to its fixed-wireless service, then I noticed a change in the fine print around its prices. That made this much more interesting to write about.

8/7/2025: This AI Skeptic Thinks AI Is Bringing Human Brains Down to Its Level, PCMag

After catching the tail end of a panel featuring Gary Marcus at Web Summit Vancouver, I made sure to watch his talk at Black Hat and found that an excellent use of my time.

8/8/2025: ACLU Expert: Please Don’t Make Bulk Snooping by Governments Easier, PCMag

Jennifer Granick’s talk was another one I’d put on my to-watch list after first looking over Black Hat’s schedule. I wish I shared her optimism that more companies would be inspired to adopt data-minimization practices to avoid aiding government surveillance.

8/9/2025: Inside Black Hat’s Network Security Operation: Humans Are Still a Problem, PCMag

After several years of writing about the penultimate panel in which Black Hat network admins relate how the event’s network worked and how badly some attendees behaved on it, I had the chance to quiz two of these experts beforehand. I should have done that sooner!

8/9/2025: End of an E-Era: AOL to End Dial-Up Internet Access, PCMag

I did not plan on working Saturday morning after the cognitive overload of Black Hat, but seeing tech journalist Ernie Smith’s Bluesky post highlighting the impending demise of AOL’s dial-up access left me feeling compelled as a Gen Xer to write about it. Unfortunately, my sleep debt may have caught up with me when I left two cringe-inducing typos in the same snakebit paragraph: spelling “America Online” as “American Online” and writing that the company’s 15th birthday happened in 2020, not 2000.

#ACLU #AI #AmericaOnline #AOL #BlackHat #BlackHatNOC #cybersecurity #dialUp #FourthAmendment #GaryMarcus #informationSecurity #infosec #JenniferGranick #LasVegas #TMobileFixedWireless #TMobileHome5G #techPrivacy #Vegas

🚨 HOT TAKE ALERT 🚨: 🤖💥 "AI guru" Gary Marcus strikes again with another profound revelation: GPT 4.5 is just a "nothing burger." 🍔🥱 Who knew that continuously whining about #AI advancements could become an art form? 🎨🙄
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/hot-take-gpt-45-is-a-nothing-burger #GaryMarcus #NothingBurger #TechCritique #AIAdvancements #HackerNews #ngated

Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI” - On Sunday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman offered two eye-catching predictions abou... - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/01/sam-altman-says-we-are-now-confident-we-know-how-to-build-agi/ #simulatedreasoning #superintelligence #claude3.5sonnet #machinelearning #garymarcus #anthropic #samaltman #srmodels #biz⁢ #claude #o1-pro #openai #agi #ai #o1 #o3 #sr

How to tame AI: More regulations, or maybe a boycott?
Have the risks of artificial intelligence risen to the point where more regulation is needed? Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus argues that the federal government — or maybe even international agencies — will need to step in.

The Food and Drug Administration or the Federal Av
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/11/27/how-to-tame-ai-more-regulations-or-maybe-a-boycott/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #Books #GaryMarcus #Technology #TedChiang

Forget Cambridge Analytica — Here’s how AI could threaten elections - While disinformation is an ongoing issue that social media has on... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/forget-cambridge-analytica-here-s-how-ai-could-threaten-elections #artificialintelligence #cambridgeanalytica #deakinuniversity #noémibontridder #trishmccluskey #disinformation #misinformation #alexandernix #yvespoullet #garymarcus #deepfake #dsa

Forget Cambridge Analytica — Here’s how AI could threaten elections - While disinformation is an ongoing issue that social media has on... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/forget-cambridge-analytica-here-s-how-ai-could-threaten-elections #artificialintelligence #cambridgeanalytica #deakinuniversity #noémibontridder #trishmccluskey #disinformation #misinformation #alexandernix #yvespoullet #garymarcus #deepfake #dsa

Forget Cambridge Analytica — Here’s how AI could threaten elections - While disinformation is an ongoing issue that social media has on... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/forget-cambridge-analytica-here-s-how-ai-could-threaten-elections #artificialintelligence #cambridgeanalytica #deakinuniversity #noémibontridder #trishmccluskey #disinformation #misinformation #alexandernix #yvespoullet #garymarcus #deepfake #dsa

Forget Cambridge Analytica — Here’s how AI could threaten elections - While disinformation is an ongoing issue that social media has on... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/forget-cambridge-analytica-here-s-how-ai-could-threaten-elections #artificialintelligence #cambridgeanalytica #deakinuniversity #noémibontridder #trishmccluskey #disinformation #misinformation #alexandernix #yvespoullet #garymarcus #deepfake #dsa

The first book on the #AISkepticsReadingGroup's list is #RebootingAIBuildingArtificialIntelligenceWeCanTrust by #GaryMarcus and #ErnestDavis.

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