Gary Marcus

Gary Marcus is a leading voice in artificial intelligence. He is a scientist, best-selling author, and entrepreneur, and was Founder and CEO Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber. He is well-known for his challenges to contemporary AI, anticipating many of the current limitations decades in advance.

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An Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU, he is the author of six books, including, The Algebraic Mind, Kluge, The Birth of the Mind, and the New York Times Bestseller, GuitarZero. His 2019  book, Rebooting AI, with Ernest Davis, is one of Forbes’s 7 Must Read Books in AI. Kluge was an Economist list of best books about the brain. His most recent book, Taming Silicon Valley, which anticipated the rise of tech oligarchs, was on The New Yorker’s list of recommended books in 2024. His May 2023 U.S. Senate testimony next to Sam Altman was watched by millions.