Gary Marcus calls out viral AI essay as alarmist 'hype'

AI researcher Gary Marcus said it's unlikely AI will begin to replace jobs in the next one to two years.

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• Gary Marcus said Matt Shumer's viral essay about the future of AI missed the mark.
• The AI researcher said Shumer didn't grapple with the current limitations of AI models.
• "I think that one should work from the facts rather than just trying to cause an alarm," Marcus told Business Insider.

If that viral essay about AI had been printed on paper...