Jordan Schachtel(@JordanSchachtel):There is no “Godfather of AI” Countless individuals have contributed immensely to the field. Some media outlets want to fool the public into supporting his (and Hinton’s) calls for degrowth socialism. Innovation cannot be declared illegal. Stop the fearmongering nonsense.

2026.09.18 12:18

There is no “Godfather of AI” Countless individuals have contributed immensely to the field. Some media outlets want to fool the public into supporting his (and Hinton’s) calls for degrowth socialism. Innovation cannot be declared illegal. Stop the fearmongering nonsense.

Anderson Cooper 360°@AC360

2026.09.18 02:36

"Godfather of AI" Professor Yoshua Bengio says recursive self-improvement — when AI will be able to create new models without human input — should be illegal. "We shouldn't even engage in this," he says.

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