ClaimsGary Marcus

“And I would argue that A.I. is not going to proceed until we similarly allow some neatness in there.”

Gary Marcus, guest, interview answer 14 November 2019 EP25 Gary Marcus on Rebooting AI (The Jim Rutt Show)

Prediction AI capabilities

Marcus argues that AI will not proceed until the field allows some "neatness", meaning some innate structure (nativism), in its systems.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

No horizon, and what it means for AI to "proceed" is undefined.

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Gary Marcus, “Marcus argues that AI will not proceed until the field allows some "neatness", meaning some innate structure (nativism), in its systems.” (said 14 November 2019). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_4938d8aaa81e, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_4938d8aaa81e

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