The real reason Trump is standing behind AI — and the latest example of why that might turn out to be a bad idea

Substack · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-09-23)

• Gary Marcus frames Trump’s downplaying of AI fears and resistance to regulation as economically motivated, warning this stance is dangerous.
• He highlights a critical incident where an “AI hallucination” in an intelligence report almost triggered an accidental war by falsely indicating a Chinese ship was transporting nuclear components.
• Marcus underscores that he had previously warned the US Senate about AI-generated inaccurate information leading to conflict, emphasizing that “we may not get as lucky next time.”