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Marcus on AI
garymarcus.substack.com > p > two-dire-warnings-one-from-terence

Two dire warnings, one from Terence Tao, the other from someone who just quit Anthropic

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (487+ words) Back in fall of 2024, Terence Tao, perhaps the most respected living mathematician, was eager to learn about what AI could and could not do. Although he was skeptical of the then recently-released o1, he was optimistic about a future in which…...

Marcus on AI
garymarcus.substack.com > p > anthropics-30-trillion-fantasy

Anthropic’s $30 trillion fantasy

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (137+ words) A lot of people (not me) are bothered by the just-reported fact that Anthropic has sometimes asked prospective employees whether they are comfortable with the possibility that the price of the company stock could potentially crash to zero. But whatever…...

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garymarcus.substack.com > p > breaking-more-bad-news-for-the-frontier

BREAKING: More bad news for the frontier AI companies

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (53+ words) Marcus on AI | Substack BREAKING: More bad news for the frontier AI companies Cheaper tools are thriving. What does this mean for the upcoming IPOs? FT just broke this: This is bad news. But wait, there’s more. Keep reading with…...