There is a threshold where intelligence becomes much more useful, and this threshold is an ability to make better weapons than other animals have. In a world where this is not possible at all (for example, animals have zerg-level natural weapons, and there is no metal to make guns), having human-level intelligence is just not worth downsides from a big brain.
I’d argue that artificial shelter and food storage was the tipping point, and weapons downstream of that, both causally and in impact.
I do wonder how that applies to AI—it seems too direct to believe it’ll out-compete us when it controls electricity production, but at a coarse level is IS all about efficiency and direction of energy.
There is a threshold where intelligence becomes much more useful, and this threshold is an ability to make better weapons than other animals have. In a world where this is not possible at all (for example, animals have zerg-level natural weapons, and there is no metal to make guns), having human-level intelligence is just not worth downsides from a big brain.
I think bow and arrow is powerful enough and gun is not necessary.
I’d argue that artificial shelter and food storage was the tipping point, and weapons downstream of that, both causally and in impact.
I do wonder how that applies to AI—it seems too direct to believe it’ll out-compete us when it controls electricity production, but at a coarse level is IS all about efficiency and direction of energy.
On Earth, yes. In a world where animals have projectile weapons, no.