Michael Jordan: superintelligence remains sci-fi, AI debate too fixated on existential risk
BachFrancis · x · 2026-10-08
Michael I. Jordan was interviewed last week by French newspaper Libération (English translation linked). He argues that "superintelligence" remains largely science fiction and that the AI debate has become too focused on existential risks, at the expense of the practical, economic, and social challenges AI actually poses. A thought-provoking take on the gap between Silicon Valley narratives and reality.
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