Gary Marcus

Algorithmic transparency. When a driverless car has an accident, or a consumer’s loan application has been denied, we should be able to ask what’s gone wrong. The big trouble with the black box algorithms that are currently in vogue is that [nobody] ... more Unverified source

In other times in history when we have faced uncertainty and powerful new things that may be both good and bad, that are dual use, we have made new organizations, as we have, for example, around nuclear power. We need to come together to build a glob... more Verified source

OpenAI has also said, and I agree, “it’s important that efforts like ours submit to independent audits before releasing new systems”, but to my knowledge they have not yet submitted to such audits. They have also said “at some point, it may be import... more Verified source (2023)

Some of the most recent models maybe can help people make biological weapons. Unverified source (2025)

I worry about it. Sometimes, I think we’re going to wind up building better AI at some point no matter what I say and that we should prepare for what we’re going to do about it. I think that the concerns with over-empowered, mediocre AI are pretty se... more Unverified source (2023)

I think the UN, UNESCO, places like that have been thinking about this for a long time. Unverified source (2023)

I have talked about having something like a CERN [European Organization for Nuclear Research] for AI, which might focus on AI safety. In some industries, we know how to make reliable [products], usually only in narrow domains. One example is bridges:... more Unverified source (2024)

I have talked about having something like a CERN [European Organization for Nuclear Research] for AI, which might focus on AI safety. In some industries, we know how to make reliable [products], usually only in narrow domains. One example is bridges:... more Unverified source

I think if you asked those questions you would say, well what society most needs is automated scientific discovery that can help us actually understand the brain to cure neural disorders, to actually understand cancer to cure cancer, and so forth. If... more Unverified source (2017)

AI is a "threat to democracy, not to humanity", Unverified source (2023)

My opinion is that the moratorium that we should focus on is actually deployment until we have good safety cases. I don't know that we need to pause that particular project, but I do think its emphasis on focusing more on AI safety, on trustworthy, r... more Unverified source (2023)