Michael I. Jordan rips young AI safety staff as naive ex-humanities grads chasing sci-fi ideas
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-12
UC Berkeley machine learning legend Michael I. Jordan criticized young people at AI companies: many aren't real engineers but come from humanities or philosophy, never built disciplined products for real users, and gather "like in Parisian cafés in the 1920s" to discuss grand science-fiction ideas — with resignations driven partly by attention-seeking. A notable heavyweight jab in the ongoing AI safety culture debate.
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