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 AI Verified source (2024)

The demo was definitely proof of concept that we need to get our regulatory and technical house in order, but not the immediate threat the media and public was lead to believe. AI Verified source (2026)

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

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 AI Unverifiable source (2017)

Plot the same improvements on a linear y-axis and you get steady incremental gains, impressive but not the hockey stick that triggered the panic. [...] We don't have evidence that Mythos is actually an important step towards broad superintelligence. AI Verified source (2026)

There's a problem in the industry called the alignment problem. How do you get a machine to obey instructions basically, and ideally make it compatible with humans. And so far, we've made almost no progress on that. [...] We as a field have made almo... more AI Unverifiable source (2026)

Consciousness is about internal states; the mimicry, no matter how rich, proves very little. [...] consciousness is not about what a creature says, but how it feels. And there is no reason to think that Claude feels anything at all. AI Verified source (2026)