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.
Positive users express excitement for Gary Marcus's potential book critiquing AI hype as it promises honest discussions, while negative users insult his credibility or dismiss the ideas as tired marketing fluff.
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Which title is better?
Seven [Lies/Myths/Bitter Truths] About AI
@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.

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

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

@GaryMarcus CrapGPT

@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.

@AndrewOrlowski i have notes on 15 and haven’t even really started :)
will have to taxonomize and consolidate!

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

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

@GaryMarcus Seven volumes

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

@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.

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

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

@GaryMarcus Other - fibs.

@GaryMarcus write it now, it will be out of date before long.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

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

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

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

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