Yep. But there’s no reason to think humans sit on the top of the hill on these curves—in fact, humans with all their foibles and biological limitations are pretty good evidence that significantly smarter things are practical, not just possible.
I can’t remember if Eliezer has an updated version of this argument, but see https://intelligence.org/files/IEM.pdf .
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Yep. But there’s no reason to think humans sit on the top of the hill on these curves—in fact, humans with all their foibles and biological limitations are pretty good evidence that significantly smarter things are practical, not just possible.
I can’t remember if Eliezer has an updated version of this argument, but see https://intelligence.org/files/IEM.pdf .