Archive - Marcus on AI

August 2025

Spinal Tap meets John Malkovich

What’s so funny about the need for world models?

Aug 31 •

What scaling does and doesn’t buy you: peeling back the hype surrounding Google‘s trendy Nano Banana

Some things never change

Aug 27 •

AI, layoffs, productivity and The Klarna Effect

Promises about AI replacing employees often don’t work out — and may not be such a hot idea.

Aug 23 •

Is this the moment when the Generative AI bubble finally deflates?

Hard to say, but definitely not out of the question

Aug 20 •

Things are so desperate at OpenAI that Sam Altman is starting to sound like Gary Marcus

Strangely enough, I have seen this movie before

Aug 18 •

LLMs + Coding Agents = Security Nightmare

Things are about to get wild

Aug 17 •

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