Michael Nielsen Resurfaces Cliff Stoll's 1995 'Internet? Bah' Blunder as an AI-Skepticism Cautionary Tale
michael_nielsen · x · 2026-09-16
Michael Nielsen points to Clifford Stoll's infamous 1995 Newsweek essay 'The Internet? Bah' as a rare case of outright technology denial. Stoll later publicly admitted the howler, writing 'whenever I think I know what's happening, I temper my thoughts: Might be wrong, Cliff...' Nielsen uses the episode to frame today's AI skepticism debates.
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