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The thought experiment of asking hypoethetically what technology, if another culture developed it, would be we forced to destroy them to survive if they did, se
by motohagiography 5y ago
The thought experiment of asking hypoethetically what technology, if another culture developed it, would be we forced to destroy them to survive if they did, seems useful here. Nuclear weapons have certainly almost been one and may still be. Quantum-enabled AI is probably another.
Human super intelligence may only be tolerated right now because it is so rare it doesn't scale. Even large networks of 140+ IQ people (who were raised as kids together in gifted programs and went to the same universities) have probably not been that dangerous. Or either they are and smart enough to conceal it, or we are only seeing the effort come to fruition now, where the first formal cohorts of that system are just now reaching their 50's. (https://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/509412/History-of-Gifted-Education/ https://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/509412/History-of-G...)
But if you accept the IQ model at face value, an ML-selected hyperintelligent master race seems like something our species might wisely target for pruning.
- jareklupinski 5y ago> Even large networks of 140+ IQ people (who were raised as kids together in gifted programs and went to the same universities) have probably not been that dangerous. Having been raised from a young age to compete against other bright kids in grades, achievements, and life, we (some of we) continue those rivalries into adulthood and find it more fun to compete than collaborate.
- mrfusion 5y agoI’m not sure I buy it. I mean why hasn’t Mensa taken over the world? (As another example; humans beat out Neanderthals who supppsedly has bigger brains.)
- michaelt 5y agoSelecting you child's embryo on IQ too reductive for you? I can tell you're a discerning customer! On top of the standard screening for genetic diseases, we also offer gender, hair and eye colour for an extra $100; for $300 we can tell you which is likely to be the tallest; for $500 which has the best chance to succeed in sports; and for $750 we offer probability of becoming an ivy league graduate.
- fallingknife 5y agoHow a whole society of high intelligence will behave is not necessarily comparable to how the right tail behaves in a dumb society.
- blamestross 5y agoIntelligence beyond "sufficiently competent to participate in society" is not consistently an advantage. "The kindest thing in this universe is our inability to correlate it's contents" applies to real life. High intelligence not really result in happier more productive people.
- thatfrenchguy 5y agoIf you live in the bay area and have ever been to a city council meeting where folks who are brilliant engineers propose terrible, shortsighted public policy for their town, you know "having 140+ IQ" does not make necessarily make you good at everything.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoAre you sure? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists)