From be6fc571a85dee7758d84839b82987619f0d15e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brendan Chen Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:20:00 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Link to the book --- _posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md b/_posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md index 1cdc140..71bee27 100644 --- a/_posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md +++ b/_posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ layout: post date: 2026.01.30 --- -*Taming Silicon Valley* by Gary Marcus does a pretty good job of summarizing the AI industry. As a book which came out in 2024, I was surprised how well the fundamentals held up reading it in 2026. +[*Taming Silicon Valley* by Gary Marcus](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551069/taming-silicon-valley/) does a pretty good job of summarizing the AI industry. As a book which came out in 2024, I was surprised how well the fundamentals held up reading it in 2026. I think for the most part, the flaws of generative AI are obvious by now, and the book confirmed what I already knew. Hallucinations are still prevalent from the latest models like GPT-5[^1]. Gary Marcus has been spot on with many his predictions for the industry; for instance, he predicted that GPT-5 would be a flop, with the usual reasoning errors, and additional backlash from users.