"Superhuman general intelligence already exists — it's humans cooperating," Reddit argues
EC36339 · reddit · 2026-09-29
A Reddit post makes a contrarian case: superhuman general intelligence already exists — two humans cooperating in a room, or 7 billion connected via a global network optimizing for engagement.
The analogy: humans run without a sandbox, need no data centers to reason, can freely interact with any computer and the physical world, and already control weapons of mass destruction through elections repeatedly driven by crowd madness. Meanwhile today's AI can't do anything without a data center and an API key, and runs on predictable, securable machines.
The punchline: if even the smallest extinction risk is unacceptable, shouldn't we regulate humanity — or pull the plug? Who goes first? The post uses the irony to argue AI-safety fears about "superintelligence" apply inconsistent standards, sparking debate on alignment targets and risk framing.
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