Grady Booch rebuts 'AI president inevitable within a decade' claim as foolishness
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-10-19
Neuroscientist David Eagleman argued on a podcast that an "AI president is inevitable… within a decade," discussing why AI might make better moral decisions than humans.
Software engineering legend Grady Booch pushed back bluntly: "No. Just….no." He said it is exhausting to confront this species of foolishness when there are clear and present harms from AI before us.
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