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The original was posted on /r/singularity by /u/wellshitiguessnot on 2024-01-10 06:09:19+00:00.
Gary Marcus is an entrepreneur who uses his legitimate titles in neuroscience to drum up a public appearance of self importance in a field he knows nothing about. He's produced absolutely zero production software, designed zero neural network technology, submitted nothing on GitHub, and everywhere his name lands he can be seen constantly preening his image - the sign of the guy who pays others to make themselves look legitimate. He is a speculative futurist at best and the two companies he co-founded, his role was not in AI development whatsoever. Name one repository he's developed that others use or cite in actual production software, name anything he's made whatsoever that wasn't a book about his own opinion.
In the time we need to understand trends in AI and how to regulate such technology, we need to have those with hands-on experience instead of these AI-adjacent enterprenureal beurocracy role-buyers who make a career of having their name recognized for book sales.