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Arvind Narayanan

@randomwalker.bsky.social

Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/ BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/

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Rafael M Batista@rafmbatista.bsky.social · 3w ago

This talk made its rounds earlier this week and with good reason. I finally made my way through it (in 6 min increments!) & found it wonderful. Many of the ideas felt new; including new frameworks to think about #AI + language to talk about it. Leaves you smarter, even if you disagree w/ it.

Arvind Narayanan@randomwalker.bsky.social · 3w ago

I had the honor of giving a keynote at the International Conference on Machine Learning last week. I addressed the widespread anxiety about how we should adapt as AI capabilities increase. I was thrilled by the talk’s reception, so I have made my slides available www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/tal...

Arvind Narayanan@randomwalker.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is one of the most important questions about AI and one I've thought about. In countries like India, much of the economy is informal—heavily reliant on tacit knowledge that's not written down anywhere, processes never codified, "I know a guy who knows a guy" networks, and pervasive corruption.

Shriram Krishnamurthi@shriram.bsky.social · 3w ago

Reading Arvind Narayanan made me think: one of the great (and most undersung) achievements of the 20th century was rural electrification. If "AI is the new electricity", what is "rural AIification"? "Rural" here is obviously a metaphor, though it has some literal elements too.

Thiago Krause@thiagokrause.bsky.social · 3w ago

Very much worth reading. Too long and thoughtful to summarize here, but some of the main points are that LLMs will probably generate a lot of work, vaguely-defined “super intelligence” is unrealistic, and judgment will become ever more important.

Arvind Narayanan@randomwalker.bsky.social · 3w ago

I had the honor of giving a keynote at the International Conference on Machine Learning last week. I addressed the widespread anxiety about how we should adapt as AI capabilities increase. I was thrilled by the talk’s reception, so I have made my slides available www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/tal...

Arvind Narayanan@randomwalker.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you find the premise of the question ridiculous I totally get it. But I assure you the question is on almost everyone's mind at AI conferences, and I believe in meeting people where they are. If we don't challenge the narrative it will continue to be embedded in the way the tech itself is built.

Arvind Narayanan@randomwalker.bsky.social · 3w ago

I had the honor of giving a keynote at the International Conference on Machine Learning last week. I addressed the widespread anxiety about how we should adapt as AI capabilities increase. I was thrilled by the talk’s reception, so I have made my slides available www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/tal...

Arvind Narayanan@randomwalker.bsky.social · 3w ago

I had the honor of giving a keynote at the International Conference on Machine Learning last week. I addressed the widespread anxiety about how we should adapt as AI capabilities increase. I was thrilled by the talk’s reception, so I have made my slides available www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/tal...

What will be left for us to work on?

ICML 2026 invited keynote — slides and edited transcript, presented click-by-click as delivered. Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University.

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Ted Underwood@tedunderwood.com · 3w ago

Really recommend this from @randomwalker.bsky.social. It’s not just a rehash of his “normal technology” thesis about economic impact, but argues strongly toward the end that evaluation and judgment will be an increasingly important part of intellectual work — and will give us plenty of work to do!

Stuart Gray@sgray.bsky.social · 3w ago

I assume you subscribe to his newsletter (if not, you should), but his latest mailing looks like a write up of this talk (long read ahead): www.normaltech.ai/p/what-will-...

Eamon Duede@eduede.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New piece w/ James Evans in Science explores what we call 'science after science', an era where our ability to control nature may exceed our ability to understand it; a new struggle to sustain curiosity & understanding under AI's predictive dominance. #ai #science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

After science

Twenty-five years ago, Ted Chiang wrote a prescient science fiction short that began: “It has been 25 years since a report of original research was last submitted to our editors for publication, makin...

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Princeton University@princeton.edu · 10mo ago

On the latest episode of @capitalisnt.bsky.social, @randomwalker.bsky.social talks about why he believes the transformative impact of AI is overstated and how hype can get pushed faster than reality can deliver.

What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About AI, with Arvind Narayanan | Capitalisn't

Every major technological revolution has come with a bubble: railroads, electricity, dot-com. Is it AI’s turn? With investments skyrocketing and market valuations reaching the trillions, the stakes ar...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 12mo ago

Even superintelligent AI cannot simply replace humans for most of what we do, nor can it perfect or ruin our world unless we let it, AI Snake Oil’s @randomwalker.bsky.social tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the new “How to Fix the Internet.”

Podcast Episode: Separating AI Hope from AI Hype

If you believe the hype, artificial intelligence will soon take all our jobs, or solve all our problems, or destroy all boundaries between reality and lies, or help us live forever, or take over the w...

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Katy Glenn Bass@katygb.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Great @eff.org podcast with @randomwalker.bsky.social, touching on his AI as Normal Technology paper w/ @sayash.bsky.social for our @knightcolumbia.org AI & Democratic Freedoms project. Short 🧵 of a few other papers related to this podcast discussion: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Podcast Episode: Separating AI Hope from AI Hype

If you believe the hype, artificial intelligence will soon take all our jobs, or solve all our problems, or destroy all boundaries between reality and lies, or help us live forever, or take over the w...

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rainey reitman@reitman.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Preach it, @randomwalker.bsky.social. I've worked with so many nonprofits, and I think an organically-grown newsletter community is so, so valuable. It takes time, but it's worth it. substack.com/@aisnakeoil/...

Arvind Narayanan (@aisnakeoil)

Some people have asked me about the decision to start a newsletter rather than using other channels like op-eds. There's one key thing I've learned, and I made a stylized chart to explain it. If you b...

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