XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics   
   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Mon, 10 Jun 2024, 26xh.0717 wrote:   
      
   >> I think perhaps trying to achieve super-intelligence might be a better   
   >> target for genetic experiments?   
   >   
   >  The Science is already getting too difficult for   
   >  humans. They are applying "AI" in some ways to   
   >  try to detect what mere humans cannot discern   
   >  but "being shown" stuff is not really the same   
   >  as figuring it out for yourself. But by the time   
   >  we get into stuff like string and M Theory, well,   
   >  I think that's about it - and we'll be standing   
   >  in the "get it" queue for eternity.   
   >   
   >  What "AI" reveals, can do, will essentially be   
   >  "magic", not science. We won't "get it".   
   >   
   >  So yea, ways to increase actual human IQ might be   
   >  very profitable ... but DO consider that brains   
   >  are both ultra-complex and finely-tuned. I'd   
   >  expect a LOT of disasters in the quest for just   
   >  20 extra IQ points. Easier perhaps to make "AI"   
   >  with an effective 500 IQ.   
      
   Yes, as far as I know, there is no single gene for intelligence, but   
   it's an enormously complex "web". Add to that, the nurture part as well.   
   So if intelligence is a complex web of genes, there could also be side   
   effects if you try to engineer for them.   
      
   >> On the other hand... the smarter the subject, the more difficult to   
   >> control. Imagine the terror if a chinese super genius escaped to the west!   
   >> ;)   
   >   
   >  Plenty of those already. The colleges won't take them   
   >  because they make everyone else look bad.  :-)   
      
   Haha, true. Yes, I know a chinese guy or two who decided to stay in   
   europe after moving within their company. On the other hand, I met   
   chinese who complained about the intense propaganda on TV in europe   
   talking about some student massacre that never took place according to   
   them. ;)   
      
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