Azeem Azhar's Exponential View / Season 4, Episode 5

Beyond Deep Learning with Gary Marcus

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Gary Marcus has a reputation for being a contrarian in the AI community. Over the past several years, Marcus, a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and the author of “Rebooting AI:...

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October 30, 2019

Gary Marcus is well known as a deep learning critic. A neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and the author of “Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust,” Marcus believes that researchers need to move past deep learning in order to make true advances in machine intelligence. Marcus and Azeem Azhar discuss why, how, and when we can expect progress.

In this podcast, they also discuss:

  • What newborn ibexes can teach us about intelligence and learning.
  • How deep learning widens the gap between big companies and startups.
  • What we need for a breakthrough in AI.

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