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Is this how AI mania ends?
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- It Turns Out
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- Dec 12, 2025
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Summary
For the last three years, we've been making an enormous bet on AI. It's woven into our investments, our pension funds, even the stability of our economy. But, the bet hasn't paid off yet - and many aren't sure it ever will. AI expert Gary Marcus - who’s been excited about the technology for a long time - explains why society's all-in wager on large language models could be far riskier than we realize. Marcus is author of the book Taming Silicon Valley from MIT Press. MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group recently took a close look at how companies are using agentic AI - one of the most discussed topics in AI right now. Check it out here: sloanreview.mit.edu/ai2025 Did you know you can also watch the show? Subscribe to the show on YouTube!