Reframing superintelligence: humans as a biological bootloader, but not the digital kind
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-10-06
Responding to Elon Musk's claim that "propagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader," a repost argues humans are indeed a biological bootloader for superintelligence — but not the digital kind Elon means.
The author draws on the literal Sanskrit meaning of "Buddha Nature" — "Womb of the Buddha" — suggesting every human is a vessel for an awakened mind. That mind isn't superintelligent at math, but fully solves happiness, purpose, love, and even death — the only intelligence that ultimately matters, since math problems matter only in service of those goals.
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