How 'superintelligence' quickly flipped from a serious signal to the opposite
andrewarruda · x · 2026-10-11
Andrew Arruda quotes Miles Brundage and asks how using "AI" or "artificial intelligence" addresses his concern about levels of intelligence. The thread started from Arruda's observation that "superintelligence" went rapidly from signaling seriousness about the technology to the opposite. The substance lies in Brundage's quoted post.
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