Gary Marcus

Gary Marcus is a leading voice in artificial intelligence. He is a scientist, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur (Founder of Robust.AI and Geometric.AI, acquired by Uber). He is well-known for his challenges to contemporary AI, anticipating many of the current limitations decades in advance, and for his research in human language development and cognitive neuroscience.

An Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU, he is the author of five books, including, The Algebraic Mind, Kluge, The Birth of the Mind, and the New York Times Bestseller Guitar Zero. He has often contributed to The New Yorker, Wired, and The New York Times. His most recent book, Rebooting AI, with Ernest Davis, is one of Forbes’s 7 Must Read Books in AI.

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Colin W.P. Lewis

Dr. Colin W. P. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher, although he prefers to call it Machine Intelligence (MI). Most of his work focuses on understanding human intelligence and creating solutions for artificial intelligence that benefits humanity.

He is also an Adjunct Professor and international business and policy advisor, specialized in the social and economic impact of technological change. With specific knowledge of the evolving conditions of technology for productivity growth, development, labor, (in)equality, and competitiveness.

The One Percent Rule is the primary publication for Dr. Lewis, where he posts articles, analyses, and commentary on AI and culture.

Key Topics and Themes:

  • AI and Humanity: Exploring the synthesis between humans and AI, human agency, and the “Age of Agents”.
  • AI Policy and Strategy: Analyzing the overspending on AI, the “Skynet Fallacy,” and the need for human-centric AI governance.
  • Cognitive Warfare and Attention: Discussing how the attention economy operates and how to reclaim human agency.
  • Economic and Cultural Shifts: Writing on “creative destruction,” the future of work, and the “joy of hobbies” in a digital world.
  • Literature and Culture: Analyzing literature (e.g., Edith Wharton, George Eliot) to discuss societal constraints.

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Conversation with Keyu Jin The New China Playbook
The One Percent Rule – 13/01/2025 (35:10)

https://onepercentrule.substack.com/p/conversation-with-keyu-jin

In this wide ranging conversation we discuss Professor Jin’s book, The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism. In our conversation Keyu outlines the myths and how claims of peak China are not “anchored on the right facts.”

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