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2025: The AI Year Scripted by Gary Marcus in 2024


Author: Andrew Keen December 23, 2025 Duration: 38:35
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2025: The AI Year Scripted by Gary Marcus in 2024
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Gary Marcus claims to just be an AI “realist”. Some would describe the controversial AI sceptic otherwise. But whatever his moniker, Marcus’ warnings about AI have been eerily accurate. In fact, 2025 could be described as the year scripted by Gary Marcus in 2024. He warned us about the limitations of LLMs, the bubbly economics of Sam Altman’s OpenAI, and the AGI hype. So what does Marcus predict about 2026? Is he really the Cassandra who glimpses the AI future before the rest of Silicon Valley?



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