> Then the last paragraph suggesting he would want to ban AI.

The article doesn't say that, though. Here's the last paragraph quoted in full:

>> And then he names the qualities required: "patience, flexibility, intelligence". So, here is von Neumann, the master of abstraction, with no abstraction to offer. Maybe through his bout of applying minimax reasoning to nuclear strategy, he learned what a formal model is worth when the assumptions are shaky and the stakes are civilizational.

Please point out where in here Murat claims that von Neumann would ban AI?

In fact, the preceding paragraphs (the rest of that section) show that von Neumann would not be in favor of banning AI, or any particular technology. It's an argument for intelligent and deliberate action, not bans. Where he does talk about bans, he talks about their futility.

It says you can't ban AI and shouldn't try. There is no general solution except a worldwide ban of technology itself. What you can do is local and incremental and based on good judgement, patience, intelligence, etc.

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Where does it say (or suggest) that they would ban AI? Perhaps I'm reading it wrong, but I think you missed the point.