Pinker and an ASI Chased by a Bear: Don't Need Omniscience, Just Know More Than You
corbtt · x · 2026-10-07
A riff on the classic bear joke: Steven Pinker and an ASI are chased by a bear. Pinker says no amount of thinking will make the ASI omniscient about bears; the ASI replies it doesn't need omniscience—only to know more than Pinker. A pointed rebuttal to Pinker-style skepticism about AGI, making the case that intelligence advantage is relative, not absolute.
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