Irrelevant. Timescale of human evolution is far, far longer than the projections for AI development. For all intensive purposes, it has stopped.
Furthermore, even though evolution may not have stopped, I think it is obvious that it has changed (or selection pressures) changed so much that its modern implications are unclear.
It appears you are trying to shift the emphasis from the argument itself to the particular semantics of how things are being said. This is undesireable. I am speaking about the irrelevancy of his argument, not the irrelevancy of his statement. His statement is clearly relevant. To rehash—Despite the fact that evolution is still going—on a suitably local (say, 100,000 years) timescale—humans have reached a major plateau in intelligence.
It appears you are trying to shift the emphasis from the argument itself to the particular semantics of how things are being said
Quite the reverse.
humans have reached a major plateau in intelligence.
No they haven’t. Whatever effect the the currently volatile evolutionary pressures may have on human intelligence a ‘major plateau’ would be incredible.
The reason we care about whether evolution has stopped is that we care how significant the level of current human intelligence is. So yes, the current level is very significant in that it can be determined given only what century it is; that doesn’t mean it’s significant in that it’s likely that self-improving artificial intelligence will hit a snag there.
Evolution hasn’t stopped.
Irrelevant. Timescale of human evolution is far, far longer than the projections for AI development. For all intensive purposes, it has stopped.
Furthermore, even though evolution may not have stopped, I think it is obvious that it has changed (or selection pressures) changed so much that its modern implications are unclear.
“Intents and purposes”.
It is irrelevant to us. It is highly relevant to your claims in the previous post.
It appears you are trying to shift the emphasis from the argument itself to the particular semantics of how things are being said. This is undesireable. I am speaking about the irrelevancy of his argument, not the irrelevancy of his statement. His statement is clearly relevant. To rehash—Despite the fact that evolution is still going—on a suitably local (say, 100,000 years) timescale—humans have reached a major plateau in intelligence.
Quite the reverse.
No they haven’t. Whatever effect the the currently volatile evolutionary pressures may have on human intelligence a ‘major plateau’ would be incredible.
Please elaborate as I fail to understand your reasoning.
The reason we care about whether evolution has stopped is that we care how significant the level of current human intelligence is. So yes, the current level is very significant in that it can be determined given only what century it is; that doesn’t mean it’s significant in that it’s likely that self-improving artificial intelligence will hit a snag there.