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Gary Marcus: The Failed Promise of Artificial Intelligence

Gary Marcus
Gary Marcus
Author
Reboot AI
July 5, 2022
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Gary Marcus is the Author of Reboot AI and professor at NYU.

Gary and Auren discuss the advancements in and shortcomings of artificial intelligence. They dive into how for AI to be really good, it needs to be built towards human intelligence and gain “Common Sense”, which it lacks today.

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You can find Auren Hoffman on Twitter at @auren and Gary Marcus at @GaryMarcus.

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