Treating AI as an oracle is pseudoscience, argues data scientist Gerard Sans
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-12
Gerard Sans argues that science assumes nothing is true until supported by observation, measurement, and repeatable tests — and that expecting an AI system to simply declare truth is pseudoscience, an 'oracle mythology.' He warns this mindset lets AI corporations shape what the oracle says and have it accepted unquestioned, sliding society back toward the Middle Ages.
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