The article contrasts two perspectives in the AI field: one grounded in analytical scholarship and the other driven by commercial exuberance. Gary Marcus, a neural scientist and critic of OpenAI, calls out CEO Sam Altman for his grandiose claims regarding AI advancements, likening his hype to that of disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos fame. Despite Altman’s confidence and ongoing investments in scaled AI systems, skeptics argue about the feasibility of these promises, especially after a competitor created a similar language model at a much lower cost.
As AI hype blasts off into the heavens, one notable tech critic asks an important question: which of these streams should drive AI development?
Sam keeps doubling down on bigger and bigger promises that are harder to keep. Did Elizabeth Holmes do the same?
Altman projects nothing but confidence, the strategy's long-term prospects remain divisive.
...it took a hit earlier this year, for instance, when Chinese company DeepSeek released a large language model (LLM) roughly equal to OpenAI's ChatGPT, developed for a fraction of the cost.
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