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AIs can clearly read books
According to the excerpt, the author casens revisits Gary Marcus's 2022 bet that AI would not manage at least three of five tasks by 2029, including understanding novels, while saying the AI race should stop and AI should be regulated.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
For researchers
Tests an earlier skeptic prediction about AI comprehension against current systems; the verdict is not in the excerpt.
The question it raises
Illustrates how forecasts about AI ability are judged after the fact.
The record
- Questions
- How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading?
- People
- casens (Wrote it) · Gary Marcus (About them)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 13, 2026, via
lesswrong(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- LessWrong, “AIs can clearly read books”, October 13, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/lesswrong-2026-10-13-ais-can-read-books
Our notesLight lane: read from the triage excerpt only, nothing fetched, no quotes. A person should read the source before this is published.