AGI Strategies

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Arvind Narayanan

Arvind Narayanan

Princeton professor; AI Snake Oil co-author

Princeton computer scientist whose book AI Snake Oil (with Sayash Kapoor) systematically critiques overclaims about AI capabilities. Frames most 'AI does X' headlines as overstated.

current Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
homepage@random_walker

Strategy positions

AI skepticendorses

AGI risk narratives overstated; real harms are mundane and current

Argues much AI marketing is snake oil; calls for rigorous evaluation of specific deployed systems, not capability hype.

Most AI systems are far less capable than they are marketed to be. The conversation should be about specific deployed systems, not general 'AI'.
❧ bookAI Snake Oil· Princeton University Press· 2024-09-24· faithful paraphrase

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    Abhijit Banerjee

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    MIT economist; 2019 Nobel laureate

  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace

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    First programmer; analytical engine theorist (1815–1852)

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    Aidan Gomez

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  • Alan Kay

    Alan Kay

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    Object-oriented programming and personal computing pioneer

  • Alex Hanna

    Alex Hanna

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    Director of Research at DAIR; Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

  • Andriy Burkov

    shared 1 · J=1.00

    ML engineer; 'The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book' author

Record last updated 2026-04-24.