Will the Future of AI Learning Depend More on Nature or Nurture?

NYU's Yann LeCun and Gary Marcus debated the degree to which algorithms will need the inherent understanding of the world with which we are hardwired

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NYU's Yann LeCun and Gary Marcus debated whether the future of AI learning is more about nature or nurture
NYU's Yann LeCun and Gary Marcus debate whether or not AI needs more built-in cognitive machinery similar to that of humans and animals to achieve similar intelligence.
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