Pedro Domingos: AI wins in math and coding don't imply it will kill us all
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-11
Pedro Domingos argues that math and coding are the most black-and-white fields, and AI's success there doesn't easily generalize. Jumping from "AI solved a math problem" to "AI will kill us all" is not just absurd but deranged — a pointed rebuttal of doomer reasoning.
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