Erik J. Larson

This article is about the computer scientist and author of The Myth of Artificial Intelligence. For the historical nonfiction writer and author of The Devil in the White City, see Erik Larson (author).
Dr.
Erik J. Larson
Born1971 (age 54–55)
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin (PhD)
OccupationsComputer scientist, author
Known forArtificial intelligence, natural language processing
Notable workThe Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
Websitehttps://erikjlarson.substack.com/

Erik J. Larson (born 1971) is an American writer, tech entrepreneur, and computer scientist. He is author of The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do. His next book Amplified Human Intelligence: Building Machines to Work for Us will be released on October 27, 2026.

He has written for The Atlantic, The Hedgehog Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Wired, and professional journals. His other projects include two DARPA-funded startups, the most recent a company that provides influence rankings for colleges and universities using an influence ranking algorithm.

Larson is also the author of the fiction novel Benderland. Currently he publishes articles in his online newsletter Colligo.[1]

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