‘We Have to Get It Right’: Gary Marcus On Untamed AI

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Computer scientist Gary Marcus has been called AI’s loudest critic, and he predicts AI’s exponential curve will soon flatten out. He also thinks we’re unprepared to handle the AI we already have. In this episode, Gary discusses his AI skepticism and what we need to do to get this rollout right.

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0:32.6	Thanks.
0:33.6	It's a confusing moment in AI.
0:39.4	On the one hand, it can feel like we're on a runaway freight train.
0:42.1	Companies are pouring billions of dollars into the technology,
0:44.9	promising new models every few months that are vastly more powerful than the ones before.
0:48.8	Some experts in Silicon Valley predict that we'll have artificial general intelligence,
0:55.0	AI that's smarter and more capable than most humans in just a few years.
0:59.0	The hype is massive and the promises are huge.
1:02.0	On the other hand, the AI that we use today is often... And the promises are huge.
1:02.6	On the other hand, the AI that we use today is often full of hallucinations and
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