# Why Is Human Reasoning Still More Flexible Than Machines by Gary Marcus > “Why are humans still so much more flexible in their thinking and everyday reasoning than machines?” > **— Gary Marcus**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Gary Marcus](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27620) — Gary Marcus's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-124). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End of the Anthropocentric Era|The End of the Anthropocentric Era]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Why are humans still so much more flexible in their thinking and everyday reasoning than machines?” — Gary Marcus, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gary-marcus-human-reasoning-still-more-flexible ```