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Misplaced Panic over AI Progress

Gary Marcus argues that panic over METR's latest 'time horizon' graph showing AI progress is overblown. The graph only measures 50% success on software tasks, not reliability or general intelligence. Improvements may come from symbolic tools rather than scaling, and exponential extrapolation is unwarranted.

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Misplaced Panic over AI Progress
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  • METR graph measures 50% success, not reliability.
  • The metric is limited to software development tasks.
  • Recent gains likely from symbolic AI, not just scaling.
  • Exponential extrapolation is a fallacy; AI is not near general intelligence.

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