Eric Schmidt: Some in SF Believe a Learning Explosion Will Surpass Human Understanding
haider1 · x · 2026-10-11
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the belief among some in San Francisco is that there will be an explosion in learning that accelerates past what humans can understand.
The poster elaborates: imagine a mathematical proof too complex for any human to grasp, yet verifiably true — what does it mean if humans can never understand it?
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