We Barely Understand What "Superintelligence" Even Means

Blogger zetalyrae argues we know almost nothing about what superintelligence means—even whether "superpersuasion" is possible—and lack any deductive theory to bound what high intelligence can actually do, urging both open-mindedness and rejection of magical thinking about AI.

2026-11-07 ~ 2026-11-07 · 3 related posts

• We know nothing about what superintelligence would entail — even superpersuasion is unanswerable — zetalyrae · 2026-11-07
• zetalyrae on AI capabilities: stay open-minded but don't expect literal magic — zetalyrae · 2026-11-07
• zetalyrae: we have no deductive theory bounding what AI capabilities are actually possible — zetalyrae · 2026-11-07