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Gary Marcus put forward the judgment that generative AI is on balance a net harm to society. An article published on October 25, 2026 shows that his list of negatives includes non-consensual deepfake pornography, rising phishing scams, large-scale disinformation, cognitive surrender, the threat to democracy from covert government influence on LLMs, and AI being used as a surveillance tool. He also mentioned a string of cyberattacks referred to as "Black October" and "The Hackening," which Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff called a "Code red." In the same article, Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok pointed out that many of the expected positive effects have not materialized. At present this judgment is presented by a single source, and there are no subsequent factual developments.
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Gary Marcus argues that generative AI is on the whole a net harm to society
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Is generative AI doing more harm than good? Gary Marcus's question
Gary Marcus believes that the current list of negative impacts of generative AI is already quite serious, including non-consensual deepfake pornography, rising phishing scams, large-scale disinformation, cognitive surrender, the threat to democracy posed by the government's hidden influence over LLMs, and AI being used as a surveillance tool. He also mentioned a series of cyberattacks known as "Black October" and "The Hackening," which Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff called a "Code red." Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok, meanwhile, pointed out that many of the expected positive effects have not materialized.