Gary Marcus on Artificial Intelligence

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Public disputes concerning artificial intelligence, including its development, uses, safety, governance, effects on creative work, and role in research.

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1 statement on this page. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: September 8, 2026

Gary Marcus
Role at the time: AI researcher and author; signed personal commentary in Marcus on AI.
September 8, 2026Mixed or conditional
Responding to
Is Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?
"I would argue that Coxon is exaggerating what AI is likely to do anytime soon"
Why we used this label
Disagrees over timeline and extinction likelihood while supporting criticism of lab reasoning.
Gary Marcus on Coxon’s warning and the frontier AI safety debate (opens in a new tab)

- Gary Marcus

Full primary article; Part II discusses Coxon. Publication date is displayed without an exact time. Speaker and position scope are explained in the linked event.

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