Jordan dismantles AI doom rhetoric as 'grand moralizing performance'
Machine learning pioneer Michael I. Jordan, known for his influential work in the field, has criticized warnings about existential AI threats and the overuse of terms like AGI and superintelligence. In a wide-ranging interview with Libération, he argues that these discussions are purely speculative science fiction rather than grounded reality. Jordan points out that the term 'AI' was initially…
Machine learning pioneer Michael I. Jordan dismantles AI doom rhetoric as "grand moralizing performance"
The Decoder · 13 October 2026
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