Name: You should be skeptical when it comes to hyped-up AI. Here’s why.
Uploaded: 2019-09-20T10:00:19-04:00
Duration: 6 min 56 s
Description: These questions can help us think more critically about new developments in artificial intelligence.

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Gary Marcus

Gary Marcus is a scientist, best-selling author, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Robust.AI and was the founder and CEO of Geometric Intelligence, a machine learning company[…]

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