One reason is the crowd he mingles with (what very-online people have referred to as the intellectual dark web, people like Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris). To s

One reason is the crowd he mingles with (what very-online people have referred to as the intellectual dark web, people like Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris). To some, just giving these people a platform is objectionable, regardless of the content of the conversation. The second reason is that he exaggerates his position. He claims to be an AI researcher at MIT, but he does no actual research as far as I can tell and hasn't for a while - and in fact, the research he did do while at MIT is pretty lame. The last time he came to MIT in person was to give a seminar on AI to laypeople. Maybe he has some private technical pursuits but it's time for him to drop the affiliation.