Gary Marcus is the author of “Rebooting AI”, regarded as one of 7 Must Read Books in AI by Forbes. Former Founder and CEO of Geometric Intelligence, a company acquired by Uber in 2016, he is now the Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Sciences at NYU, for over 25 years. Gary can now be hired as a speaker on AI bias, misinformation, and risks, regulation, and mitigation of AI-designed chemical weapons.
In 2023, Gary signed an open letter calling for a moratorium on Giant AI Experiments, for at least 6 months. He is cognizant of the dangers associated with the premature deployment of AI and believes that no AI systems stronger than GPT-4 should be trained till there are governmental safeguards to ensure that transparency on AI Lab’s parts is maintained. He also hosts the Humans versus Machines podcast.
Gary has a BA in Cognitive Science from Hampshire College and a PhD in Cognitive from MIT. He then worked as a freelance blogger on science and technology for the New York Times and has authored books like “The Algebraic Mind”, “The Kluge” and New York Times Bestseller “Guitar Zero”. His TED Talk “The Urgent Risks of Runaway AI – And What to Do About Them” was released in 2023 and has gathered over 160,000 views so far.
Having been the Founder and Executive Chairman of Robust.AI and Director of Uber AI Labs, Gary is a revered speaker on AI. Coupled with his expertise in human language development and cognitive neuroscience, he is a speaker that will bring a strong understanding of AI and its drawbacks. Hire Gary Marcus today!
