Pedro Domingos: AI Is an Intelligence Lever — the Smarter You Are, the Smarter It Makes You
pmddomingos · x · 2026-10-23
AI researcher Pedro Domingos described AI as an "intelligence lever": the smarter the person using it, the more it amplifies their intelligence. The one-liner frames AI as a capability multiplier rather than a replacement — implying that gaps in human ability may widen, not shrink, as AI adoption spreads.
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