Genetic modification takes time. If you are genetically modifying embryos, thats ~20 years before they are usefully contributing to your attempt to make better embryos.
Maybe you can be faster when enhancing already grown brains. Maybe not. Either way, enhancing already grown brains introduces even more complications.
At some point in this process, a human with at most moderate intelligence enhancement decides it would be easier to make an AI from scratch than to push biology any further. And then the AI can improve itself at computer speeds.
In short, I don’t expect the biological part of the process to be that explosive. It might be enough to trigger an AI intelligence explosion.
Genetic modification takes time. If you are genetically modifying embryos, thats ~20 years before they are usefully contributing to your attempt to make better embryos.
Maybe you can be faster when enhancing already grown brains. Maybe not. Either way, enhancing already grown brains introduces even more complications.
At some point in this process, a human with at most moderate intelligence enhancement decides it would be easier to make an AI from scratch than to push biology any further. And then the AI can improve itself at computer speeds.
In short, I don’t expect the biological part of the process to be that explosive. It might be enough to trigger an AI intelligence explosion.