Machines probably aren’t interested in global takeover. Here’s why. | Gary Marcus

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What most people worry about when it comes to artificial intelligence likely comes from science-fiction fantasy.

- When someone says they fear artificial intelligence, what are they imagining? Robots taking over the world is the stuff of science-fiction fantasy.

- Despite decades of beating humans at the game of Go, AI has never developed the desire to take over actual territory. The reality is that machines are not resourceful and have no interest in us.

- Although AI plays an increasingly important role in our lives, we have a ways to go before deep learning and machines are solving all of our problems.

Dr. Gary Marcus is the director of the NYU Infant Language Learning Center, and a professor of psychology at New York University. He is the author of "The Birth of the Mind," "The Algebraic Mind: Integrating Connectionism and Cognitive Science," and "Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind." Marcus's research on developmental cognitive neuroscience has been published in over forty articles in leading journals, and in 1996 he won the Robert L. Fantz award for new investigators in cognitive development.

Marcus contributed an idea to Big Think's "Dangerous Ideas" blog, suggesting that we should develop Google-like chips to implant in our brains and enhance our memory.

His latest book is Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust (https://amzn.to/2lO5NgK)

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