Jonny Thomson 

I explain ideas. I write for Big Think. My books are published by Hachette. I run the Mini Philosophy social network.

Imagine an episode where Captain Kirk says to Scotty:

‘We’re about to crash onto this planet. Help us, Scotty!’

And when Scotty gets the wrong answer from the Star Trek computer, Kirk says:

‘Goddammit, can’t you prompt this thing correctly?’

Read below about my chat with Gary Marcus and his thoughts on taking AI to the next level.

We were promised “Star Trek,” so why did we settle for these lousy chatbots?
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