All articles from Gary Marcus
A few dark words about chatbots and death
Content warning: this article includes discussion of suicide.
How Generative AI is destroying society
An astonishingly lucid new paper that should be read by all
The rapid rise and slow decline of Sam Altman
Bad news from Apple yesterday highlights OpenAI’s eroding lead
Let’s be honest, Generative AI isn’t going all that well
A sampling of recent news
The Worst Person in Tech
2025’s winner has taken a huge early lead in 2026 that will be hard to beat
Breaking: Marcus weighs in (mostly) for LeCun
LeCun’s ugly departure from Meta - and why I mostly sympathize with him (but nonetheless doubt he will succeed at his new gig)
The (possibly) coming AI backlash and information warfare
Excerpts from two recent essays.
Why ChatGPT can’t be trusted with breaking news
A new case in point