Stanford's Christopher Manning: Silicon Valley has a 'naive belief in gurus', calls AI funding levels 'manifestly crazy'
chrmanning · x · 2026-09-09
Christopher Manning, an early AI pioneer whose work laid groundwork for LLMs, says Silicon Valley has a 'prophecy to naively believe in gurus,' arguing figures like Aschenbrenner have played the role to perfection while controlling funding levels Manning — himself an AI investor — calls 'manifestly crazy.' He urges deep suspicion of anyone claiming certainty about how AI will unfold.
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