Reading《菌落万象》: intelligence is just an anthropocentric benchmark AI is about to top
oran_ge · x · 2026-10-24
Blogger orange reflects on the book 《菌落万象》: "intelligence" is an anthropocentric benchmark — in this ancient Greek-style ranking, humans must sit on top, above chimps, plants and fungi. Now AI is about to cross that line, yet intelligence is just a human-invented concept. Shift the perspective: maybe wheat and rice domesticated us (we're addicted to carbs), cats and dogs domesticated us (we happily work to feed them), and microbes quietly sustain the planet. The post cites Ilya's 2023 line — "if you treat intelligence as humanity's most important quality, you'll have a miserable time ahead" — and argues human decisions follow inertia > emotion > reason, with reason (intelligence) ranked only third.
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