François Fleuret: forecasting 3 years of AI is like astronomy without telescopes
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-09-19
Meta research scientist François Fleuret says he's not a doomer because the future's variance makes prediction absurd—like claiming we ride a giant turtle through deep space with no astronomy knowledge. Yet any rational analysis of the 3-year AI future leads him to 'bizarro world'; he challenges anyone to describe an 'AI-everywhere humanity steady state' that doesn't sound insane.
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