184 | Gary Marcus on Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense

<p>Artificial intelligence is everywhere around us. Deep-learning algorithms are used to classify images, suggest songs to us, and even to drive cars. But the quest to build truly “human” artificial intelligence is still coming up short. Gary Marcus argues that this is not an accident: the features that make neural networks so powerful also prevent them from developing a robust common-sense view of the world. He advocates combining these techniques with a more symbolic approach to constructing AI algorithms.</p><p><em>Support Mindscape on&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Patreon</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>Gary Marcus received his Ph.D. in cognitive science from MIT. He is founder and CEO of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.robust.ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robust.AI</a>, and was formerly a professor of psychology at NYU as well as founder of Geometric Intelligence. Among his books are&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/rebooting-ai-building-artificial-intelligence-we-can-trust/9780525566045" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Rebooting AI: Building Machines We Can Trust&nbsp;</em></a>(with Ernest Davis).</p><ul><li><a href="http://garymarcus.com/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Web site</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Marcus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/GaryMarcus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gary-Marcus-Books/s?k=Gary+Marcus&amp;rh=n%3A283155" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon.com author page</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info