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Intelligence is more than problem-solving. But it’s not clear what intelligence really is, and even less clear how to measure it. Psychologists have studied intelligence systematically for well over a century; the actual existence of some measure of overall intelligence, which they dub “general intelligence” or just g for short, is debatable at best. Statistically, there’s no good case for the actual existence of g.”

  Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard  (10/09/2026, 06:51)

Keywords:   Artificial General Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence

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Why would an AGI necessarily look to self-improve?

Cegłowski, who was born in Poland, says the idea that a superintelligent being would inevitably want to improve itself is “unabashedly American.” “My roommate was the smartest person I ever met in my life. He was incredibly brilliant, and all he did was lie around and play World of Warcraft between bong rips,” he says. “The assumption that any intelligent agent will want to recursively self-improve, let alone conquer the galaxy, to better achieve its goals makes unwarranted assumptions about the nature of motivation.” And, Cegłowski adds, there’s a similarly American myth about lone geniuses that sits at the heart of this whole project. “A recurring flaw in AI alarmism is that it treats intelligence as a property of individual minds, rather than recognizing that this capacity is distributed across our civilization and culture.”

  Added by: alexb44  (10/09/2026, 05:34)

Keywords:   Artificial General Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence