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Gary Marcus Marcus on AI Published

Crisis point in AI?

We recorded 3 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 2 can’t be checked. 1 more is held. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (3)

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: SupportedSaid

    “Breaking news: the draft EU AI Act—the closest thing we have to AI regulation with real teeth—is in serious jeopardy, potentially a direct victim of regulatory capture, governments doing the bidding of those they are supposed govern.”

    What we tested: The draft EU AI Act is in serious jeopardy as of November 2023.

    What happened: The report describes Parliament representatives ending the preceding Friday's meeting early over foundation-model rules; adviser Kai Zenner retrospectively put the prospects of passage at only 0–10% when they left. His improved assessment and the rapporteur's optimism on 15 November concern subsequent developments. (IAPP, )

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Breaking news: the draft EU AI Act—the closest thing we have to AI regulation with real teeth—is in serious jeopardy, potentially a direct victim of regulatory capture, governments doing the bidding of those they are supposed govern.”

    What we tested: The jeopardy facing the draft EU AI Act may be a direct result of regulatory capture, with governments doing the bidding of tech companies.

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “Possible future: Literally every bad thing that comes out of generative AI-and there will may well be a lot—people will wonder: “maybe this wouldn’t have happened had Macron and Scholz not blocked the planet’s best effort at keeping the tech companies in check.””

    What we tested: In a possible future, for literally every bad thing that comes out of generative AI (and there may well be a lot), people will wonder whether it might not have happened had Macron and Scholz not blocked the EU AI Act, which he calls the planet's best effort at keeping the tech companies in check.

Held from this post (1)

These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.

  • The criteria are ambiguous. Our reading, not assessed: The draft EU AI Act is the closest thing that exists to AI regulation with real teeth.