Christopher Manning on AI's guru problem after Aschenbrenner lost $35 billion
stanfordnlp · x · 2026-09-08
Atlantic writer Theo Baker's new piece covers "The Prodigy Problem" and how Leo Aschenbrenner, the "Nostradamus of AI," lost $35 billion, alongside color like naked Iliad wrestling parties.
Stanford NLP pioneer Christopher Manning is quoted sharply: Silicon Valley has a "propensity to naively believe in gurus," and Aschenbrenner played the role to perfection — controlling a level of funding that Manning, himself an AI investor, called "manifestly crazy."
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