We know nothing about what superintelligence would entail — even superpersuasion is unanswerable
zetalyrae · x · 2026-11-07
zetalyrae argues a deeply unsatisfying aspect of AI is that we know nothing about what "superintelligence" would actually entail. Example: is superpersuasion possible? Nobody knows — and there's no clear way to even begin answering the question, highlighting the lack of an operational framework for reasoning about superintelligence.
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