Pedro Domingos: AI's two warring anti-AI factions — doomers and wokes — best ignored
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-16
Computer scientist Pedro Domingos, replying to Nate Silver, argues that anti-AI sentiment splits into two mutually hostile camps: the doomers, who fear existential risk, and the wokes, focused on bias and social harms. His take: both are best ignored. A characteristic statement of his long-standing pro-progress stance in the AI discourse wars.
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