1 Mind the Gap • 3
2 What’s at Stake • 27
3 Deep Learning, and Beyond • 41
4 If Computers Are So Smart, How Come They Can’t Read? • 67
5 Where’s Rosie? • 95
6 Insights from the Human Mind • 116
7 Common Sense, and the Path to Deep Understanding • 149
8 Trust • 180
Epilogue • 200
Acknowledgments • 207
Suggested Readings • 209
Notes • 213
Bibliography • 229
Index • 263
GARY MARCUS is a scientist, best-selling author, and
entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Robust.AI and was
founder and CEO of Geometric Intelligence, a machine-learning
company acquired by Uber in 2016. He is the author of five books,
including Kluge, The Birth of the Mind, and the New York Times best
seller Guitar Zero.
ERNEST DAVIS is a professor of computer science at the
Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University. One
of the world's leading scientists on commonsense reasoning for
artificial intelligence, he is the author of four books, including
Representations of Commonsense Knowledge and Verses for the
Information Age.
Learn more about the authors and their work at rebooting.ai.
“Artificial intelligence is among the most consequential issues
facing humanity, yet much of today’s commentary has been less than
intelligent: awe-struck, credulous, apocalyptic, uncomprehending.
Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, experts in human and machine
intelligence, lucidly explain what today’s AI can and cannot do,
and point the way to systems that are less A and more I.”
—Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard
University, and the author of How the Mind Works and The Stuff of
Thought
“Finally, a book that tells us what AI is, what AI is not, and what
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to imagine machine minds that goes far beyond the closed systems of
games and movie recommendations to become real partners in every
aspect of our lives.”
—Garry Kasparov, Former World Chess Champion and author
of Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human
Creativity Begins
“Finally, a book that says aloud what so many AI experts
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and how to get there.”
—Pedro Domingos, Professor of computer science at the
University of Washington and author of The Master Algorithm
“A welcome antidote to the hype that has engulfed AI over the past
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—Rodney Brooks, former director of the MIT Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
“AI is achieving superhuman performance in many narrow
applications, but the reality is that we are still very far from
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—Erik Brynjolfsson, Professor at MIT and co-author of The Second
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—Clive Thompson, Wired magazine columnist and author of Coders: The
Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
“Will machines overtake humans in the foreseeable future, or is it
just hype? Marcus and Davis lay out their answer with elegant
prose and a sure quill, drawing the distinction between today’s
deep-learning based narrow, brittle artificial “intelligence” and
the ever-elusive artificial general intelligence. Common sense
and trust, which are intrinsically human, emerge as grand
challenges for the field. If you plan to read one book to keep up
with AI—this is an outstanding choice!”
—Oren Etzioni, CEO of Allen institute for AI & Professor of
computer science at University of Washington.
“Artificial intelligence is here to stay. What are its
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—Noam Chomsky
“When I was a child I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey and then
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twenty years away. Twenty years later I was an adult and the
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that we passed 2001 and the smart people said it was about twenty
years away. Yup, it’s getting better and better, but it still
ain’t HAL. It can tag photos pretty good but on understanding
stories my son passed all the AI before he went to his stupid
preschool. Now is the time to listen to smarter people:
in Rebooting AI, Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis do a great job
separating truth from bullshit to understand why we might not have
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closer.”
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Times best-belling author
“A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of artificial
intelligence, filled with masterful storytelling and clear and
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AI can and can’t do, and what it will take to build AI that we can
genuinely trust. And it does it in a way that engages the reader
and ultimately celebrates both what AI has accomplished and the
strengths and power of the human mind.”
—Annie Duke, best-selling author of Thinking in Bets: Making
Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
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