Gary Marcus
Two critical updates re: Astra and mathematics
First, abstracting from all the words in my long analysis on OpenAI Astra yesterday, the overall point was that Astra may not be the breakthrough that OpenAI wants you to think it was.
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Gary Marcus
OpenAI’s amazing — but vastly oversold — new model Astra
Eight or nine misconceptions about Astra. See if you can spot the biggest fallacy.
Gary Marcus
Sorry, Sam and Elon, we have not reached the Singularity
Not that anyone even knows what that means.
Gary Marcus
An open letter to David Sacks
China is closing the gap, but it’s not because we have too much regulation on AI
Gary Marcus
China has all but caught up. The US is not going to “win” the AI war. Here’s what we should do instead.
Seven options, considered
Limited Edition Jonathan
Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It
NVIDIA is a dead man walking. I’ve been saying this for months. Consider this my timestamp.
Limited Edition Jonathan
We Rewrote The Test.
This post is what we found, what we changed because of it, and where you can start today for free.
Limited Edition Jonathan
Your Agents Are Poisoning Each Other | Fable 5
In multi-agent workflows, one model's tone becomes another model's data. Here's the fix I'm testing.
Limited Edition Jonathan
Claude Sonnet 5 Just Dropped. Paste This Prompt to Find Out What It Means for YOU.
The model 90% of you will actually run just changed. Here's what it means for your stack.
Gary Marcus
The month Generative AI lost its mojo
June is not over, and anything could still happen, but a lot already has.
Gary Marcus
The Generative AI Fizzle™
Disclaimer: Anything can happen at anytime in the market; I don’t give stock picks, and as the saying goes, the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
Gary Marcus
Accenture: Then and now, and how it may signify things to come
Blip, or one more data point that is on trend?
Limited Edition Jonathan
Build your own Claude agent fleet.
The votes are in - the guide is official.
Gary Marcus
OpenAI’s lead is dwindling fast
As James Carville might have said, “It’s the lack of a moat, stupid”
Gary Marcus
The White House’s shambolic AI policy
Also , why states are taking things into their own hands, and what might be better
Limited Edition Jonathan
I Told Claude to Audit Itself (Then Fix What It Found)
The difference is never going to show up in a better email.
Limited Edition Jonathan
Claude Fable 5 Just Dropped. Overkill? Paste This Prompt to Find Out What It Means for YOU.
A guarded frontier model that can refuse you and bill you double. One prompt tells you what actually changes for your stack.
Limited Edition Jonathan
One Agent. One Branch. One Worktree.
The simplest path to peaceful agentic coding.
Yes, And Also No
[Ethics Watch] Google, the Pentagon, and the Part Where AI Ethics Gets Expensive
Turn out, Project Maven was the warning shot.
Limited Edition Jonathan
Limited Edition Jonathan
Live with Paul Gibbons
A recording from Limited Edition Jonathan and Paul Gibbons's live video
Limited Edition Jonathan
GPT-5.5 Just Dropped. Paste This Prompt to Find Out What It Means for YOU.
One prompt separates real workflow changes from OpenAI's launch-day noise.
Limited Edition Jonathan
Own It: The Case for Taking Full Credit for Your AI-Assisted Work
You Don't Owe Anyone a List of Your Tools
Limited Edition Jonathan
AI is the first thing that's ever leveled the playing field for you. The failure rate proves it.
Yesterday I wrote that you’re not falling behind on AI, you’re just trying to keep up with the wrong thing. The real work is stacking primitives.
Limited Edition Jonathan
You’re Falling Behind Because You’re Trying to Keep Up
Stop fucking doing that.
Limited Edition Jonathan
Claude Opus 4.7 Just Dropped. Paste This Prompt to Find Out What It Means for YOU.
One prompt reads the full release and tells you which of your prompts, workflows, and costs just shifted.
Limited Edition Jonathan
"You're Absolutely Right" - The Three Words That Mean Your AI Conversation Is Dead
If you see these three words: you're screwed.
Limited Edition Jonathan
Today I built Vibe Coach. An Open-Source educational platform that lives inside your repo.
I woke up this morning wanting to build something.
Yes, And Also No
[AI Ethics Watch] Anthropic vs The Pentagon
An AI company said no. The Pentagon called it a threat.
Yes, And Also No
Claude Code Skills Made Easy: One Prompt to Build Your Productivity System
By the end of this article, you'll paste one block into Claude Code and have a working system that runs your mornings, evenings, and weekly reviews. No coding required.
Yes, And Also No
My AI Syllabus
The podcasts, books, and newsletters I'd actually give to a friend who asked "where do I start?"
Yes, And Also No
My AI Toolkit
The unsponsored pocket guide to the apps, tools, and sites that survived my three-year testing spree
Yes, And Also No
Claude Code for People Who Don't Code: Your First 15 Minutes
Yes, this is a technical tool. Also no, you don't need to be technical
Yes, And Also No
Wait, What’s the Difference? Claude vs Claude Code vs Claude Cowork
Yes, it's revolutionary. Also, no, you shouldn't trust it with everything. Here's what you really need to know to get started.
Yes, And Also No
Before You Use Claude Code: Build This First
Everyone's rushing to Claude Code. They're skipping Step 0
Yes, And Also No
Fake Cowboys, Real Surveillance, and the AI Infrastructure We're Building by Accident
Plus a few things worth reading/listening to this week.
Yes, And Also No
Three AI Headlines With a Yes/No Energy This Week
Personal shopping, ambient hardware, and gatekept AI music: helpful on paper, complicated in reality
Yes, And Also No
OpenAI Says They Weren’t Breached. Your Data Leaked Anyway.
PS: The vendor defense is the new “we take privacy seriously.
Yes, And Also No
It Kept You Engaged. And Also: Delusional.
PS: Over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly
Yes, And Also No
Psst...Your Linkedin Engagement Might Depend on Your Pronouns
So..what happens when your competitive advantage requires a gender swap?
Yes, And Also No
AI 2027: The Wild, Unsettlingly Realistic Ride to Superintelligence
A look at how experts predict AI might reshape your world (sooner than you think)