michael_nielsen

The smartest humans on earth are almost never the most powerful. Why would it be different for computers?

@binarybits The smartest species on earth is, by many measures, the most powerful. Why would it be different if computers surpass humans?

@michael_nielsen Which seems ridiculous.

@binarybits Having strongly held opinions about something we understand incredibly poorly (to put it mildly) seems silly, to me.

@michael_nielsen Would you say it's ridiculous?

@binarybits The piece is filled with overconfidence: Eg "computers w superhuman intelligence.. will need us at least as much as we nd them"

@michael_nielsen @binarybits I think the distinction here is the smartest human and the dumbest really aren't that different if you're 1/

@michael_nielsen @binarybits talking about theoretical Superintelligence scale. Smart human can be beaten up by dumb human - not true of SI