Who Actually Wins with AI? High IQ Left Behind, Taste and Social Instincts Matter More
Patient-Airline-8150 · reddit · 2026-08-12
A Reddit user argues that in the AI era, high-IQ people are being left behind: pure intelligence becomes a liability. The 160+ crowd optimizes prompts and builds clever systems nobody wants, while average people with taste, style, and social instincts use the same tools to ship culture, products, and attention at scale. Execution got free, and judgment of what feels right matters more than raw g. Specialists watch midwits with better aesthetics eat their lunch. AI didn't raise the ceiling for geniuses; it raised the floor so high that narrow intelligence looks like a handicap. Winners are those who were never that smart but always knew what people respond to.
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