“Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus says AI must be regulated. He has a plan”.

Today at the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cognitive-scientist-gary-marcus-says-ai-must-be-regulated-he-has-a-plan-f0c0b647

A look at the latest “AI scaling laws” shell game:

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/a-new-ai-scaling-law-shell-game

It genuinely appalls me that in America we can have someone act as an unelected vice president —avoiding formal office to duck financial divestment requirements—and use “tactics … aimed at sowing terror and fear at federal employees”.

Elon Musk is destroying so much of what I hold dear.

One of Elon Musk’s most disturbing habits is his tendency to launch his mob against people he disagrees with.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/musk-unleashes-online-army-on-federal-workers-a-tough-way-to-find-out-shes-losing-her-job-f57a2e94

Satya Nadella and the three stages of scientific truth.

A textbook case in how the sociology of science often stands in the way of progress. Short new essay at Marcus on AI:

https://open.substack.com/pub/garymarcus/p/satya-nadella-and-the-three-stages?r=8tdk6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

When I said in 2022 that LLMs would hit a wall and that scaling laws would not last forever, everyone laughed.

Now even Time Magazine sees that the moment of diminishing returns has likely arrived.

Can a crash in GenAI valuations be far away?

https://time.com/7178328/is-ai-progress-slowing-down/

Three cheers for Venmo!

If Gaetz had paid cash he probably would have been confirmed

Didja read about the study that claimed ChatGPT produced poetry “indistinguishable” from Shakespeare?

Critique by NYU’s Ernest Davis, on the unbearable banality of ChatGPT’s poetry: https://cs.nyu.edu/~davise/papers/GPT-Poetry.pdf

Tonight (Monday) in Seattle Town Hall, Gary Marcus and Ted Chiang talk AI and Cognitive Science:
https://townhallseattle.org/event/gary-f-marcus-with-ted-chiang/

1951 Hannah Arendt quote on the origins of totalitarianism nails it: “this process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools…”

h/t @PeterKramer

On diminishing returns in LLMs and why OpenAI might become the WeWork of AI:

https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6364719527112

Was Sam Altman’s last line a lie from the start?

@AkaSci indeed that’s almost all he does these days.

Elon sucks at math. “Slightly under 50%” (3rd party votes not shown) is not “a clear mandate”.

If you think endorsing a guy who takes advantage of underage girls is cool, X is the site for you.

I have had enough.

Hello, Mastodon.

Discussing the mysterious absence of GPT-5 with @LizClaman @FoxBusiness around 320pm ET.

@DrVeronikaCH @garymarcus My only skill in this particular photo was composition, exposure, and steady hands.

I have taken much better with serious equipment and a tripod, but not on a handheld phone.

Handheld, no tripod, 5x on a phone [iPhone 16 Pro].

Zoom in, to see detail on the moon.

Wow.

Taking a break from awful things:

Scientists taught rats to drive cars. The rats quickly learned to rev the engine and take longer routes just for fun.

Bonus: Watch the researcher do a little happy leap when the rat gets into the car.

https://theconversation.com/im-a-neuroscientist-who-taught-rats-to-drive-their-joy-suggests-how-anticipating-fun-can-enrich-human-life-239029 #science #tech

Trump got 50% of the US vote
80% of the X vote

X does not represent America.