thomas

Remarkable how easily we’ve adapted to the idea that intelligence is not just something that can be artificially produced, but that it’s fundamentally a commodity. Nobody seems to care what brand of intelligence they buy. They just buy the cheapest intelligence that will do the job. This also explains why “being smart” has never been a basis for having a personality. Smarts make for interchangeable parts.

@vgr makes an astute observation (as usual).

AI is already commoditized because all models are trained on roughly the same dataset of human knowledge; and, therefore, they perform similarly within a segment (broadly: light/free, medium/paid, and advanced/expensive models). It then follows that users will gravitate toward the cheapest or most convenient model within that segment.

Now, if AI is fungible, and AI is set to replace human intelligence at a variety of tasks, does that mean that human intelligence is also fungible?

I’d respond in the affirmative if and only if humans were also trained on the entirety of human knowledge, but that’s obviously not the case. Our lifespans and brain capacity are too limited for that to happen (yet).

So, for now, what differentiates the intelligence of two humans of equal IQ is whatever dataset they trained on — which roughly maps to upbringing, culture, education, and formative experience. 1/2

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@vgr makes an astute observation (as usual).

AI is already commoditized because all models are trained on roughly the same dataset of human knowledge; and, therefore, they perform similarly within a segment (broadly: light/free, medium/paid, and advanced/expensive models). It then follows that users will gravitate toward the cheapest or most convenient model within that segment.

Now, if AI is fungible, and AI is set to replace human intelligence at a variety of tasks, does that mean that human intelligence is also fungible?

I’d respond in the affirmative if and only if humans were also trained on the entirety of human knowledge, but that’s obviously not the case. Our lifespans and brain capacity are too limited for that to happen (yet).

So, for now, what differentiates the intelligence of two humans of equal IQ is whatever dataset they trained on — which roughly maps to upbringing, culture, education, and formative experience. 1/2

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Aviator, diver, Etherean, nexialist, PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

Fascinating point human intelligence is unique shaped by personal experience while AI still relies on shared datasets. 🌱🤖