Wake up, people. What we should actually fear, near term, is not so much rogue superintelligence as unleashed agentic AI causing hacking the internet at scale.

· Gary Marcus · Sept. 18, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
Summary
The blog post argues that the immediate concern for humanity should be the risks posed by agentic AI that could lead to widespread hacking, rather than the distant threat of rogue superintelligence such as portrayed in science fiction. The author suggests that current fears are misguided and highlights the need to focus on real and present dangers from advancing AI capabilities.
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