Neuro-symbolic computing sneaks in through the "back door" [a transitional stage in the evolution of AI]

I note that the "scaffolding, tools, memory, retrieval, planning, decomposition, verification, and other system-level affordances" are all symbolic techniques. It looks like Gary Marcus (& the others) are winning this argument.

— Bill Benzon, BAM! Bootstrapping Artificial Minds (@bbenzon) April 13, 2026