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)

Ultimately, we may need something like cern Global, international and neutral, but focused on AI safety rather than high energy physics. Unverified source (2023)

Even if a company had a product that poses clear risks, they would still be free to release it, so long as they told the government the risks. [...] There is a lot of good stuff around guidance, but I hope that we ultimately see more that is binding,... more AI Verified source (2023)

A moratorium on Statewise regulation of AI was and is, a terrible idea, especially in a world in which there is no coherent Federal response to AI. [...] A call for federal AI standards in lieu of state standards only makes sense if there are (sensib... more AI Verified source (2026)

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

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)

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)

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)

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 AI Verified source (2023)

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