Gary Marcus: Industry conflates LLMs with AI, ignores neuro-symbolic contributions
asusarla · x · 2026-08-25
Gary Marcus retweets a critique that the industry obscures reality by conflating LLMs with AI and ignoring that recent progress comes from adding (neuro)symbolic components to LLMs, exactly as his 2022 paper forecast. He notes these techniques currently work best in limited domains like math and coding, urging people to keep their eye on the ball as the industry won't be candid.
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