Michael I. Jordan: superintelligence is science fiction, doomsday talk demoralizes youth
BachFrancis · x · 2026-10-14
Michael I. Jordan, one of machine learning's most influential figures, was interviewed by French newspaper Libération (translated to English by Francis Bach). His core take: superintelligence is science fiction — and so is the claim that it will likely kill us. Such doomsday narratives demoralize young people, he argues; the right response is to ponder AI seriously rather than despair over it.
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