Your Undivided Attention

By Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, The Center for Humane Technology

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

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Published September 26, 2024 4:00am

It’s a confusing moment in AI. Depending on who you ask, we’re either on the fast track to AI that’s smarter than most humans, or the technology is about to hit a wall. Gary Marcus is in the latter camp. He’s a cognitive psychologist and computer scientist who built his own successful AI start-up. But he’s also been called AI’s loudest critic.

On Your Undivided Attention this week, Gary sits down with CHT Executive Director Daniel Barcay to defend his skepticism of generative AI and to discuss what we need to do as a soci...

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