Reddit long-read: AI flattening the intelligence hierarchy is a good thing
aKaizuh · reddit · 2026-09-13
A Reddit user lays out why they welcome AI surpassing humans at coding, math, and technical fields — because it erodes intelligence-based social hierarchies:
- High intelligence becomes less scarce, and the genetic lottery matters less
- Ordinary people gain leverage: mediocre programmers can build software; tiny teams can do what once required a company
- Credentials and technical gatekeeping weaken as AI can explain, check, and write anything
- Intelligence becomes like electricity — a utility you access, not a personal possession, much like nobody cares a forklift is stronger than any human
- The author frames it as one more hierarchy losing its teeth, not humanity diminished (noting the post was drafted by an internal model but reflects their views)
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