Feynman's IQ of 130 used to argue against short-term RSI, and e/acc is unimpressed
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-14
e/acc-leaning poster teortaxesTex quotes an argument that IQ tests have limited usefulness beyond a certain range—Feynman scored around 130—so machine intelligence must be measured with a large battery of tests, and that influence and PAC funds, not hidden nanotech, are what actually confer power. He responds that he occasionally hopes to see a solid argument against short-term recursive self-improvement (RSI)—scenarios like Anthropic or the USG stuffing the light cone into its maw—but this is the quality of counterargument he gets, concluding sardonically that "it's over."
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