Gary Marcus calls out viral AI essay as alarmist 'hype'

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If that viral essay about AI had been printed on paper, there's a good chance AI researcher Gary Marcus would've ripped it up in disgust. Marcus acknowledges something is happening in AI — just nowhere near the scale described in the recently viral essay, which predicted a looming disruption "worse than COVID." Marcus, who on X criticized the essay written by entrepreneur and investor Matt Shumer as having "not a shred of actual data," dismissed its contents as alarmist in an interview with

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Gary Marcus calls out viral AI essay as alarmist 'hype' https://www.businessinsider.com - 13.02.2026 20:47