Machine learning pioneer Michael I. Jordan dismantles AI doom rhetoric as "grand moralizing performance"
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Michael I. Jordan, one of computer science's most influential figures, dismisses AI extinction warnings and superintelligence concerns as pure science fiction rather than credible threats. He characterizes recent AI researcher resignations and corporate calls for regulation as theatrical performances, arguing that claims about reproducing and scaling human brains in silicon lack scientific credibility.
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Michael I. Jordan, described by Science as "the most influential computer scientist," considers warnings about superintelligence pure science fiction. He calls the resignations of young AI researchers a "grand moralizing performance" and companies' demands for regulation "theater." On Hinton's thesis that the brain can be reproduced in silicon and scaled into superintelligence, he's blunt: "None of the steps in this argument is credible. Here, we're in the land of science fiction." The article M
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