This week, Casey Newton published an article where he challenges AI skeptics for minimizing AI.[1] He argues that skepticism concentrates too heavily on present limitations instead of the technology’s broader potential. He specifically warns against reducing AI criticism to unfounded negativity, calling out figures like Gary Marcus and others.
He writes, “What I found in the criticism was a near-total unwillingness to acknowledge that generative Al can do anything good or useful or to acknowledge that it has improved significantly and rapidly with successive generations.”
Gary Marcus responded on Substack to disentangle misconceptions about AI skepticism.[2] He argues that skepticism does not deny past progress and clarifies that diminishing returns are about slowing growth, not halting it. This helps explain oversimplified narratives created by Newton like “AI skeptics think AI sucks.”
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