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Timnit Gebru criticizes AI safety figures Yudkowsky and Bostrom

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Timnit Gebru has publicly criticized prominent figures in the AI safety community, specifically naming Eliezer Yudkowsky and Bostrom. She referred to them as "incompetent, mediocre, ignorant eugenicists." Gebru also highlighted a statement by Bernie Sanders, who reportedly called Yudkowsky "one of the leading experts in AI," implying a disagreement with this assessment. AI

IMPACT Highlights ongoing debates and criticisms within the AI safety community regarding prominent figures and their perceived expertise.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece by a known AI researcher criticizing other figures in the AI safety field.

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Timnit Gebru criticizes AI safety figures Yudkowsky and Bostrom

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    Friends, please don't come to me with arguments from incompetent, mediocre, ignorant eugenicists like Yudkowsky and Bostrom. I still have it in my TODO to do a

    Friends, please don't come to me with arguments from incompetent, mediocre, ignorant eugenicists like Yudkowsky and Bostrom. I still have it in my TODO to do a thread on him just so you know how incredible it is that Bernie Sanders, out loud, called him "one of the leading expert…

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