Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People
This is the text version of a talk I gave on October 29, 2016, at Web Camp Zagreb [video] (45 mins)
What Makes Us Smart?
Human creativity does not solely rely on our individual cognitive abilities, but instead emerges from the recombination of ideas, practices, and approaches that result from social interactions and id...
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
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What will differentiate people is not how smart they are but their relationship to mental effort.
Never Underestimate the Ignorance of the Powerful
When you’re a star, people let you think you're smart
Commodity Intelligence
The seductiveness of “general intelligence” is rooted in a costly category error
Make ‘em dumb, sell ‘em smarts
Sam Altman wants intelligence to be a utility that you pay him for
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So what did I do?
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What A.I. imperils is not human creativity itself but the ability to make a living from creative endeavor.
Conscious or Not
For as long as I remember, people have been arguing about whether machines could be intelligent or not.
Where’s the “intelligence explosion”?
Ramez Naam gives a skeptic’s take on Recursive Self-Improvement.
Opinion | Can You Get Smarter? (Published 2015)
There is much that you can do to keep cognitively sharp.
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The idea that the rise of tech means today's young people are less intelligent than previous generations is rife – but wrong, says neuroscientist Dean Burnett
