Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall
An essay by Gary Marcus, Nautilus, dated 10 March 2022. Date printed on the Nautilus page.
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- Capabilities will plateauMarcus's essay of March 2022 argues that the scaling of language models has not delivered genuine comprehension, that deep learning may already be approaching diminishing returns from scale, and that hybrid neurosymbolic AI rather than deep learning alone is the way forward.2022-03-10 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Capabilities will plateau: propositions page →
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