Machine learning pioneer Michael I. Jordan dismantles AI doom rhetoric as "grand moralizing performance"

Michael I. Jordan, described by Science as "the most influential computer scientist," considers warnings about superintelligence pure science fiction. He calls the resignations of young AI researchers a "grand moralizing performance" and companies' demands for regulation "theater." On Hinton's…

Michael I. Jordan, described by Science as "the most influential computer scientist," considers warnings about superintelligence pure science fiction. He calls the resignations of young AI researchers a "grand moralizing performance" and companies' demands for regulation "theater." On Hinton's thesis that the brain can be reproduced in silicon and scaled into superintelligence, he's blunt: "None of the steps in this argument is credible. Here, we're in the land of science fiction." The article Machine learning pioneer Michael I. Jordan dismantles AI doom rhetoric as "grand moralizing performance" appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published October 13, 2026 at 17:12 UTC — Category: Models