Gary Marcus | |
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Born | Gary Fred Marcus February 8, 1970 |
Education | Center for Talented Youth |
Alma mater | Hampshire College (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence |
Institutions | New York University |
Thesis | On rules and exceptions : an investigation of inflectional morphology (1993) |
Doctoral advisor | Steven Pinker |
Website | garymarcus |
Gary Fred Marcus (born 8 February 1970) is an American psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author, known for his research on the intersection of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence (AI).[1][2]
Marcus is professor emeritus of psychology and neural science at New York University. In 2014 he founded Geometric Intelligence, a machine learning company later acquired by Uber.[3][4]
His books include The Algebraic Mind, Kluge, The Birth of the Mind, and the New York Times Bestseller Guitar Zero.[5]