Anyone remember how I said in January 2025 that AI was going to be stumble and be dubbed “too big to fail”...?
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Gary Marcus revisits his January 2025 prediction that AI would stumble and be labeled 'too big to fail'; current trends suggest this forecast is increasingly accurate, potentially leading to massive economic and ecological catastrophe.
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- Gary Marcus predicted in Jan 2025 that AI would stumble and be called 'too big t
- AI industry's economic and ecological risks have grown so vast that no entity—in
- If correct, the outcome could be catastrophic: systemic collapse, financial cont
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Gary Marcus reflects on his Jan 2025 claim that AI would stumble and be branded 'too big to fail', noting current developments align with this view.
As AI investment surges, industry-wide risks have reached a point where even the companies involved cannot evaluate them, per Truthdig.
If the prediction holds, the fallout may include systemic financial collapse, contagion effects, and environmental damage—far beyond isolated tech failures.
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- AI 风险预警：从预测到现实
- 2025 年预测
- AI 步履蹒跚
- '大到不能倒'标签
- 当前现实
- 押注飙升至疯狂水平
- 风险超出评估能力
- 潜在后果
- 系统性崩盘
- 金融传染效应
- 环境破坏叠加
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In January 2025, I predicted AI would stumble and be dubbed 'too big to fail' — now, as bets escalate to insane heights, that call increasingly seems correct.
The immense economic and ecological risks being taken by the AI industry have grown so impossibly large that no one — including the AI companies — has the means to gauge them.
If that call was correct — which increasingly seems likely — the carnage could be immense: systemic collapse, financial contagion, and environmental degradation all intertwined.
If that call was correct – which increasingly seems likely, as the bets escalate to insane heights – the carnage could be immense:" / X
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Anyone remember how I said in January 2025 that AI was going to be stumble and be dubbed “too big to fail”, along with cries for bailouts? If that call was correct – which increasingly seems likely, as the bets escalate to insane heights – the carnage could be immense:
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The immense economic and ecological risks being taken by the artificial intelligence industry have grown so impossibly large that no one — including the AI companies — has the means to gauge them. truthdig.com/articles/nine-