Columnist argues the next intelligence metric is MQ: materials intelligence in the AI era
SuB8u · x · 2026-10-29
Columnist smc90 argues that every major technology revolution brings new ways of defining intelligence — IQ traces back to Darwin-era evolutionary thinking, followed by EQ and AQ (aesthetic intelligence). In a new article, she contends the AI age's defining metric goes beyond AQ to what she calls MQ: materials intelligence.
Related event: a16z's Sonal Chokshi Proposes MQ as the Intelligence Metric for the AI Era(2 posts)→
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