10 Jun 2026
Breaking news, and how the end might begin
A couple weeks ago, Steve Eisman, who predicted the subprime mess (Steve Carrell played him in The Big Short ), interviewed me, and asked me how the AI boom might all fall apart. For reasons I am about to explain, that interview, recorded May 22, now seems supremely relevant. Here are two snippets. (Some parts of Snippet 1 are currently paywalled in a separate video but may come out soon for…
Gary Marcus
2026
05 Jun 2026
No need to panic about Anthropic’s new blog, and some more good news
The twitterverse is all verklempt with Anthropic’s latest blog. Anthropic @AnthropicAI Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI development—a possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor. It’s happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. anthropic.com When AI builds itself
Gary Marcus
2026