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AI hype meets harsh reality. In this Black Hat interview, David Bombal talks with Gary Marcus (Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University, and AI Expert) just minutes after GPT-5’s announcement. Marcus explains why GPT-5 is only a small step forward, the truth about hallucinations, why AI coding agents pose massive cybersecurity risks, and why we may be years away from true AGI. If you want the unfiltered truth about AI progress, safety, and the future of large language models, watch this.

// Gary Marcus’ SOCIALS //
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Website: garymarcus.substack.com/

// Books REFERENCE //
Mikko Hypponen: If it’s smart it’s vulnerable
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Gary Marcus’ books:
The Algebraic Mind
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Kluge: The Haphazard evolution of the human mind
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Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust
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Taming Silicon Valley: How we can ensure AI works for us
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Guitar Zero: The science of becoming musical at any age
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The birth of the mind: How a tiny number of genes create the complexities of human thought
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// David's SOCIAL //
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