Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross: capping AI intelligence caps human minds
victor_explore · x · 2026-10-01
- Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross argues any legal cap on intelligence is an evil idea that history will call "the communism of the 21st century."
- His logic: humans are merging with machines, so capping AI caps how smart a human may be. The reposter adds that once agents do half your thinking, a cap on the model becomes a cap on you — and early agent builders will feel it first.
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