Timnit Gebru slams 'superintelligence' talk as unfalsifiable fictional delusion
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-13
Timnit Gebru weighed in on an ongoing dispute over 'superintelligence' narratives, mocking that those promoting the concept (which she derides as the 'Cookie Monster') demand 'scientific and falsifiable' arguments while offering none themselves. She points to her peer-reviewed work documenting the origins of what she calls fictional delusions and their cults in AI discourse.
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