New AI meme: Humans are just a tool simulating reasoning, not truly generally intelligent
davidmanheim · x · 2026-08-03
The tweet mocks the 'moving goalposts' phenomenon in AI: whenever AI achieves a new breakthrough, people redefine general intelligence to maintain human superiority. The author sarcastically argues that humans are merely a tool capable of simulating some reasoning, and won't be considered truly generally intelligent until they stop shifting the criteria for AI.
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