People & DiscourseGary MarcusStatement

CONFIRMED

"CONFIRMED: LLMs have indeed reached a point of diminishing returns" posted — claimed that his own 2022 prediction had been borne out

Why it matters

The turning point at which the scaling-limits debate moved from the critics' camp to reporting from inside the industry

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Pressgarymarcus.substack.comhttps://garymarcus.substack.com/p/confirmed-llms-have-indeed-reached

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