Gary Marcus is a scientist, entrepreneur, and professor of psychology and neural science at NYU, where he has published extensively in fields ranging from human and animal behavior to neuroscience, genetics, and artificial intelligence in leading journals such as Science and Nature. He founded and led the machine-learning start-up Geometric Intelligence, recently acquired by Uber. A contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times, Marcus is the author of four books, including The Algebraic Mind, Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind, and the New York Times best-seller, Guitar Zero, and the editor of The Future of the Brain: Essays by The World’s Leading Neuroscientists.
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