Saturday, May 23, 2026

Fight! Gary Marcus vs. Roon on X

Here's how Grok summarizes the feud:

The clash began Friday when roon, an OpenAI researcher, posted that cognitive scientist Gary Marcus has been 'plainly & clownishly wrong for years' without tagging or allowing replies. Marcus hit back, accusing roon of slander and cowardice, while linking a third-party GitHub analysis of his 2,218 AI predictions from 2022 to early 2026, which found 59.9% supported, 33.7% mixed, and 6.4% contradicted—strong on technical issues like LLM flaws but weaker on market forecasts. The spat highlights deepening rifts in the AI world, where skeptics like Marcus question hype around tools like GPT-5, and boosters dismiss them amid ongoing debates over reliability and progress.

I've read the third-party analysis linked above. It's pretty interesting. 

Here's a sample:

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