Gary Marcus

New Capabilities

Leading critic warning of security dangers

An Austrian developer built a Claude-powered personal assistant in one hour last November. Three months later, over 145,000 developers have forked his code, 1.5 million AI agents have registered on their own social network, and the agents have spontaneously created a lobster-themed religion called Crustafarianism—complete with scripture, prophets, and a deity named 'The Claw.'

Updated Feb 4