I mentioned that there should be much more impressive behavior if they were that smart...
A counterargument is that it takes culture to build cumulative knowledge to build wealth to create cognitive tools that work well enough to do obviously impressive things. And 50,000 individuals distributed globally isn’t enough to build that culture.
A counterargument is that it takes culture to build cumulative knowledge to build wealth to create cognitive tools that work well enough to do obviously impressive things. And 50,000 individuals distributed globally isn’t enough to build that culture.
That’s also a reason that the overall plan isn’t so promising, as I mentioned here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vKM4CTjz5fPB7vznb/an-alternative-approach-to-superbabies?commentId=D36FJKkbD7FbLLGG2
Agreed