Silicon Valley Is Investing in the Wrong A.I

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Dr. Marcus's latest NYT piece. I think core point is building AI systems requires a hybrid approach; Purely data-driven merging with symbolic-algorithmic methods.

This is perfectly logical --- but it may be based on a flawed assumption.

This assumes that intelligence is *really* the objective.

What if the *real* objective is simply to suck trillions of $ out of the investment system as quickly as possible before the whole thing collapses?

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