Michael I. Jordan calls AI doomerism a moral performance
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On 14 October 2026, Michael I. Jordan, a machine-learning pioneer and professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, dismissed AI doomerism and superintelligence warnings as science fiction in an interview with the French newspaper Libération, and called AI companies' calls for regulation a performance. According to The Decoder, he described such rhetoric as a grand moral performance. This is the latest reporting on the matter, with no other related coverage available for comparison so far.
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- The DecoderMachine learning pioneer Michael I. Jordan dismantles AI doom rhetoric as "grand moralizing performance"
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."
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