Michael I. Jordan dismisses AI doom warnings as science fiction
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Machine learning pioneer Michael I. Jordan, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, calls warnings about existential AI threats science fiction, according to an interview with Libération reported by The Decoder.
He describes the resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon as a "grand moralizing performance" and says the superintelligence debate has become harmful.
Jordan also calls the large data center investments an enormous bet with no certainty of payoff. He says specialized needs can be met with open-weight models.
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AIMachine learning pioneer Michael I. Jordan, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, dismisses warnings about existential AI threats as science fiction in an interview with Libération. He calls the resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon a "grand moralizing performance" and says the superintelligence debate has become harmful. Jordan also says the massive data center investments are an enormous bet with no certainty of payoff, and that specialized needs can be met with open-weight models.
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