Gary Marcus: Is AI mostly hype?

About this episode

Gary Marcus discusses the hype surrounding AI and his concerns about its future developments.

For over 20 years he has been a relentless critic of the extravagant claims made for the current generation of AI based on Large Language Models, or LLMs. But he is even more concerned about what may come next.

People in this episode

Host: Alan Alda

Guest: Gary Marcus

Topics covered

• AI
• Large Language Models
• criticism
• technology
• future of AI

Keywords

• AI
• hype
• criticism
• Large Language Models
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Large Language Models

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