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Gary Marcus Marcus on AI Published

BREAKING: The AI 2027 doomsday scenario has officially been postponed

We recorded 9 claims from this post. 3 were checked against evidence. 6 can’t be checked. 3 more are held. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (9)

In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.

  1. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “It’s a work of fiction, not a work of science… stoking fear, uncertainty and doubt””

    What we tested: The AI 2027 report is a work of fiction, not a work of science, that stokes fear, uncertainty and doubt.

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “But there is a vastly higher probability that the future won’t transpire as described; it might not go anything at all like what they describe””

    What we tested: The future of AI is very unlikely to unfold as the AI 2027 scenario describes.

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Their stories about this are, in my view, greatly flawed, but having outside groups with science fiction chops writing stuff like this distracts away from those flaws, and gives more power to the very companies trying hardest to race towards AGI”

    What we tested: AI companies' imminent-AGI stories are greatly flawed, and outside scenarios like AI 2027 distract from those flaws and give more power to the companies racing to AGI.

  4. Assessment: UnresolvedSaid

    “AGI ain’t actually coming in 2027, and even Kokotajlo, known for his aggressive timelines, is now with me in thinking we probably won’t see AGI this decade.”

    What we tested: AGI will not arrive in 2027.

  5. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “AGI ain’t actually coming in 2027, and even Kokotajlo, known for his aggressive timelines, is now with me in thinking we probably won’t see AGI this decade.”

    What we tested: AGI will probably not arrive this decade (by the end of 2029).

  6. Assessment: UnresolvedSaid

    “AGI is NOT in fact coming in Trump’s second term, and never was.”

    What we tested: AGI will not arrive during Trump's second term (ending January 2029).

  7. Assessment: UnresolvedSaid

    “Suffice for now to say that we have built (and continue to build) our entire national policy (such as it is) around an idea that was never grounded in a sound analysis of AI.”

    What we tested: The US has built, and continues to build, its entire national policy (such as it is) around an idea, in context the AI 2027 picture of imminent AGI, that was never grounded in a sound analysis of AI.

  8. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “And it’s not just our policies that need to be rethought, but also our entire economy, which is being rebuilt at enormous expense around a myth.”

    What we tested: Not just US policies but also the entire US economy, which is being rebuilt at enormous expense around a myth, need to be rethought.

  9. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Much needs to be reconsidered, including what we should do now, given more realistic timelines. But also how and why so much critical decision-making revolved around sheer speculation—and why dissenting voices were not taken seriously.”

    What we tested: Much needs to be reconsidered, including what we should do now given more realistic timelines, how and why so much critical decision-making revolved around sheer speculation, and why dissenting voices were not taken seriously.

Held from this post (3)

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