I find the notion that humans may be anywhere near the limit for intelligence laughable https://www.wired.com/2017/04/the-myth-of-a-superhuman-ai/ …, especially when I look at\
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Replying to @ID_AA_Carmack
a book I took notes in, and I barely remember any of it. Perfect recall and increased clock rate alone will go a looong way.
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However, being the smartest entity on the planet doesn't imply a hard takeoff singularity.
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Looking at that blog post, we are far below even just the historical maximum, let alone a global maximum.
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Why do you say that? I tend to believe there is much more intelligence today than ever before, given then access to information.
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Knowledge and dissemination thereof using external means is in my opinion very different from intelligence which is intrinsic
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In specific the internet does support intelligence and works as a force multiplier - like a hammer is stronger compared to a fist
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But the fist stays the same strength as it was without the hammer. And i say it is weaker than it has been at some point in the past.
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Much evidence against this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect … IQ tests actually have to be re-normed frequently, because IQs have increased so much
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @ID_AA_Carmack
I agree with the average increase. I was talking about extremes such as Gauß or Einstein.
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