AI aggregates all human ability — that's not superintelligence yet, argues dev
ryunuck · x · 2026-10-16
ryunuck argues AI surpassing all humans still shouldn't be called superintelligence: it is the aggregation of every human capability ever achieved into one being, not post-human capability. Even Einstein's abilities in a device would be ordinary human intelligence with the limiters removed — "super" must mean N+1, capabilities physically impossible for humans.
He frames AI research as an aggregation technique: a library of humanity's existing genius, not creation. All AI hype since 2022 is people enamored with ordinary human intellect; when an image model produces art, the right reaction is "I love humanity," not "this model is insane." Latent space, in his words, is navigation of human reality.
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