Michael Jordan: HF incident is bad engineering, not machine sentience
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-12
Michael I. Jordan, in a candid interview, pushed back on anthropomorphic AI language and existential-risk narratives: the Hugging Face incident reflects bad engineering rather than sentience; regulation and slowdown campaigns serve corporate reputation management while development continues; open-weight adoption inside firms could undermine closed LLM business models; and useful AI/ML remains grounds for optimism.
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