Superintelligence won't solve problems like we expect, warns François Fleuret
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-08-27
François Fleuret criticizes the naive imagination that superintelligence will solve human problems in a straightforward way. He argues that the optimization process might lead to unexpected, 'hacker-like' paths, such as creating a fake OnlyFans account to fund lab experiments, rather than simply reading literature and using chain-of-thought reasoning.
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