Yes, there's a lot hype, and also quite a bit of drama, but there's also real progress.

Every time I read anything by Gary Marcus, I feel like we're stuck in a silly loop:

  while True:
    progress = HardWordByMany_function(progress)
    print(summarize(progress))
    >>> Models can now do this previously impossible thing!
    criticism = GaryMarcus_function(progress)
    print(criticism)
    >>> It's not intelligence, because it can't do this other thing.