Here's my view on this controversy (from someone who is not involved in the field). Historically there seem to be three views. One is the classic symbolic mani

Here's my view on this controversy (from someone who is not involved in the field). Historically there seem to be three views. One is the classic symbolic manipulation view, the second is what seems to be the ml view, and then there is the hybrid view that Marcus advocates. The first two views seem to have in common believing that their single approach alone would be sufficient for AGI. Marcus thus differs from both of them in that he thinks neither is sufficient. Assuming Marcus is taking the right approach, the question then becomes whether the hybrid approach could reach AGI. In my opinion it could not, though it probably would be able to out-think human beings in some important ways.