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Off for adventures

Gary Marcus announces he is taking a break from his Substack for adventures, leaving readers with some humorous content.

Background

Gary Marcus is a cognitive scientist and AI researcher who has been a prominent — and often critical — voice in the debate over large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. He has written a Substack newsletter analyzing AI progress. This short post is simply a sign-off note: he is taking a break from writing and links to an interview ("Off for adventures" / "a couple laughs"), not to substantive analysis. No major news or argument is being made here.

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