Dr. Erik J. Larson | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Computer scientist, author |
| Known for | Artificial intelligence, natural language processing |
| Notable work | The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do |
| Website | https://erikjlarson.substack.com/ |
Erik J. Larson (born 1971) is an American writer, tech entrepreneur, and computer scientist. He is author of The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do.[1]
He has written for The Atlantic, The Hedgehog Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Wired, and professional journals. His other projects include two DARPA-funded startups, the most recent a company that provides influence rankings for colleges and universities using an influence ranking algorithm.
Larson also publishes articles on the Substack Colligo.
- ^ Larson, Erik J. (2021). The myth of artificial intelligence: why computers can't think the way we do. Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-98351-9.