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Gary Marcus links FAA outage to AI risks, citing Silicon Valley arrogance

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Gary Marcus draws a parallel between a recent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outage and a large Microsoft outage, suggesting that the increasing integration of generative AI into critical systems could be a contributing factor to such failures. He recalls his past warnings about the risks of embedding generative AI into large language models and critical infrastructure, attributing these issues to the "arrogance of Silicon Valley" and the "ineffectiveness of Washington." AI

IMPACT Suggests potential risks of integrating generative AI into critical infrastructure, impacting system reliability and public trust.

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