Q&A on the Book Rebooting AI

The book Rebooting AI explains why a different approach other than deep learning is needed to unlock the potential of AI. Authors Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis propose that AI programs will have to have a large body of knowledge about the world in general, represented symbolically. Some of the basic elements of that knowledge should be built in. InfoQ readers can read excerpts of Rebooting AI to get an impression of the book. InfoQ interviewed Marcus and Davis about the state of the practice of AI and main concerns, the limitations of deep learning and their suggestion for bringing "common sense" to machine learning, what's needed to make AI safe and trustworthy, and what they expect AI can bring us in the near future and what will take a longer time.