“True in some cases, and a huge win for neurosymbolic AI, given that they can’t reliably solve the puzzles without code, and given that code is symbolic.”
Our reading, the sentence that was checked:
That the systems can solve the puzzles with code, which is true in some cases, is a huge win for neurosymbolic AI, given that they can't reliably solve the puzzles without code and code is symbolic.
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Where and when Gary Marcus wrote it
Marcus on AI, Seven replies to the viral Apple reasoning paper – and why they fall short, paragraph 9.
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Conditions
- true in some cases (scope, stated by the speaker)
- given that they can't reliably solve the puzzles without code (qualifier, stated by the speaker)
- given that code is symbolic (qualifier, stated by the speaker)
From the speaker
- true in some cases
- given that they can't reliably solve the puzzles without code
- given that code is symbolic
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- 2026-10-28.7
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: Marcus on AI, Seven replies to the viral Apple reasoning paper – and why they fall short
True in some cases, and a huge win for neurosymbolic AI, given that they can’t reliably solve the puzzles without code, and given that code is symbolic.
- Where
- paragraph 9
- Published
- 2025-06-12
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- , live page
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- full text, public
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- Assessment marcus-seven-replies-to-the-viral-apple-76d19a-a1: Current. Outcome: Can’t be checked. Not checked against evidence. Public date not recorded.