Foolishness in backing artificial intelligence course out of term (9)

I believe the answer is:

niaiserie

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'foolishness' is the definition.
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(Another definition for niaiserie that I've seen is " foolishness".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

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