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FirstMark's Matt Turck proposes a moderate AI future, while Gary Marcus questions if incremental gains justify high development costs

Marcus notes that AI currently lacks short-term reliability.

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The biggest mindf*ck scenario in AI: things don’t change that much. Both doomers and accelerationists turn out to be wrong. We are all more productive. Agents deliver automation in the enterprise. Some important scientific discoveries are made. All great. But that’s it.

4:08 PM · May 26, 2026 View on X

@mattturck that’s the likely scenario (though the reliability isn’t there in short term), and in that scenario it’s not clear the economics make sense

Matt TurckMatt Turck@mattturck

The biggest mindf*ck scenario in AI: things don’t change that much. Both doomers and accelerationists turn out to be wrong. We are all more productive. Agents deliver automation in the enterprise. Some important scientific discoveries are made. All great. But that’s it.

11:08 PM · May 26, 2026 · 17.5K Views
1:14 PM · May 27, 2026 · 950 Views

yeah no. we’ll get some crazy as f*** discoveries over the next few years. many of which will significantly improve people’s lives.

Matt TurckMatt Turck@mattturck

The biggest mindf*ck scenario in AI: things don’t change that much. Both doomers and accelerationists turn out to be wrong. We are all more productive. Agents deliver automation in the enterprise. Some important scientific discoveries are made. All great. But that’s it.

11:08 PM · May 26, 2026 · 17.5K Views
1:40 PM · May 27, 2026 · 3.5K Views
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