I think your statements imply that humans aren’t any more intelligent than chimpanzees, because a human isn’t able to rise any higher in human society than a chimpanzee is able to rise in chimp society.
If you’re making a claim about the utility of increasing intelligence, and saying that we’d be wise to forgo it, then you need to address the game-theoretic / evolutionary force in favor of it.
I’m claiming that intelligence is a contextual value. That is in order to talk of the the intelligence of something you also have to reference the context it exists in.
As contexts change over time positive feedback loops in things like improving processor speed or algorithm efficiency may not actually increase the ability to shape the world how you want.
What are you claiming?
I think your statements imply that humans aren’t any more intelligent than chimpanzees, because a human isn’t able to rise any higher in human society than a chimpanzee is able to rise in chimp society.
If you’re making a claim about the utility of increasing intelligence, and saying that we’d be wise to forgo it, then you need to address the game-theoretic / evolutionary force in favor of it.
I’m claiming that intelligence is a contextual value. That is in order to talk of the the intelligence of something you also have to reference the context it exists in.
As contexts change over time positive feedback loops in things like improving processor speed or algorithm efficiency may not actually increase the ability to shape the world how you want.