<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eugen Leitl</b> <<a href="mailto:eugen@leitl.org">eugen@leitl.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> There are also examples of entities many times smarter than I am, like<br><br>Superpersonal entities are not smart, they're about as smart as a slug<br>or a rodent. Nobody here knows what it means to deal with a superhuman
<br>intelligence.<br><br>It is a force of nature. A power. A god.<br><br>> corporations wanting to sell me stuff and putting all their resources<br>> into convincing me to buy it, where I have been able to see through
<br>> their ploys with only a moment's mental effort. </blockquote><div><br>I don't see why you say superpersonal entities are not smart. Even having a few people "put their heads together" creates an entity that is smarter and more capable than any individual. Arguably, the most significant aspect of human intelligence is that it allows effective scaling up through communication between individuals. Collectively, the human race is a very intelligent and powerful animal indeed.
<br></div><br></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Stathis Papaioannou