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Gary Marcus Toys With Book Titled 'Seven Lies About AI'

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Gary Marcus@GaryMarcus#156inTech

I am (seriously) toying with writing a book called Seven Lies About AI, and the title of a sequel just came to me: Stupid Nonsense, Said by Famous People.

9:25 AM · Jun 8, 2026 · 7.6K Views
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Gary Marcus@GaryMarcus

Which title is better?

Seven [Lies/Myths/Bitter Truths] About AI

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Max@systemscontext

@GaryMarcus Hey Gary, I'm reading one of your books right now, ‘Taming Silicon Valley’. I have to say, it's really opened my eyes to what's going on out there in the AI industry! Looking forward to your next one.

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Dave Pier@davepierunc

@GaryMarcus "Bitter truths" and "lies" have very different implications. The former implies something we are forced to accept -- there is no alternative.

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Andrew Orlowski@AndrewOrlowski

@GaryMarcus How can you get it down to just seven?

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A Eye Bubble@A_Eye_Bubble

@GaryMarcus CrapGPT

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@GaryMarcus In the modern world we misuse the word 'myth' to mean lie. But that is not accurate. A myth is a narrative that contains profound truths that are meant to guide culture. But because science set itself against religion, any story that is not scientific is assumed false.

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Gary Marcus@GaryMarcus

@AndrewOrlowski i have notes on 15 and haven’t even really started :)

will have to taxonomize and consolidate!

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A. K.@GurReptsSohn

@GaryMarcus How about "The Seven Veils of AI"?

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Engineer@locatornation

@GaryMarcus One of the chapters should perhaps be titled, "The lies about AI consciousness".

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recluse;@cosine_distance

@GaryMarcus They're not synonyms, so whichever you pick, you'll be writing a wildly different article

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nicole@nicolekcha

@GaryMarcus oh I believe you — they’re just generic and feel *like* what AI would say which is heavily ironic.

I’m sorry I am just critiquing without a better option — naming is super hard. Just wanted to steer you away from these.

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fast pants@MarqMarkMarc

@GaryMarcus Don’t be so hard on yourself. Also. You’re not THAT famous.

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Noonien Soong@mlcarldev

@GaryMarcus @aeon_dusk wanna help with the lies from inside the machine?

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Chris@thinkingchris1

@GaryMarcus Other - fibs.

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@GaryMarcus write it now, it will be out of date before long. i say this as a supporter

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Yas@c_yass_ab

@GaryMarcus "The 7 Great Detours in AI: Myths, Lies and the Bitter Truth"

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Gary Marcus@GaryMarcus

@thinkingchris1 doesn’t capture the magnitude/effort with which they have been sold

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nicole@nicolekcha

@GaryMarcus other (specify): none of the above they all read like slop

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Jordan Henderson@jordanhenderson

@GurReptsSohn @GaryMarcus The font was small and I first read "The Seven Smells of AI".

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