PS, Gary Marcus at NYU makes some related points about Blank Slate psychology being embraced a bit too uncritically by certain strands of thinking in AI research and AI safety.
His essay ‘5 myths about learning and innateness’
His essay ‘The new science of alt intelligence’
His 2017 debate with AI researcher Yann LeCunn ‘Does AI need more innate machinery’
I don’t agree with Gary Marcus about everything, but I think his views are worth a bit more attention from AI alignment thinkers.
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PS, Gary Marcus at NYU makes some related points about Blank Slate psychology being embraced a bit too uncritically by certain strands of thinking in AI research and AI safety.
His essay ‘5 myths about learning and innateness’
His essay ‘The new science of alt intelligence’
His 2017 debate with AI researcher Yann LeCunn ‘Does AI need more innate machinery’
I don’t agree with Gary Marcus about everything, but I think his views are worth a bit more attention from AI alignment thinkers.