intelligence
One of the three pillars of power (along with finance and religion) used by elites to control society, often involving spies.
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Videos Mentioning intelligence
What Do We Know About Our Minds?: A Conversation with Paul Bloom (Episode #317)
Sam Harris
The capacity of machines and brains is compared, with the understanding that there may be multiple ways to achieve it, independent of consciousness.
Game Theory #13: Epstein's World
Predictive History
Involves spies whose job is to infiltrate other nations' elites and co-opt them into the system, operating above the nation-state.
A Conversation with Kathryn Paige Harden (Episode #212)
Sam Harris
A journal where Richard Hare is the editor-in-chief, relevant to the scientific discussion on intelligence and group differences.
Complete Statistical Theory of Learning (Vladimir Vapnik) | MIT Deep Learning Series
Lex Fridman
Discussed in the context of learning and prediction, focusing on the ability to extract meaningful invariants from data.
The Mating Strategies of Earthlings: A Conversation with David Buss (Episode #254)
Sam Harris
Discussed regarding its heritability and whether women's preferences for it shift during ovulation, which studies have not supported, contrasting with preferences for masculinity and symmetry.
Secret History #2: How Societies Collapse
Predictive History
One of the three pillars of power (along with finance and religion) used by elites to control society, often involving spies.
Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences | Lex Fridman Podcast #302
Lex Fridman
A scientific journal edited by Richard Haier, which publishes papers on group differences and related controversial topics for a scientific audience.
How Intelligent Is AI, Really?
Y Combinator
Defined as the ability to learn new things more efficiently, this is the core concept behind the ARC benchmark, contrasting with traditional measures of knowledge recall.
AI Expert Warns: “This Is The Last Mistake We’ll Ever Make” - Tristan Harris
Chris Williamson
A phenomenon where GDP primarily comes from AI and data centers, reducing incentives to invest in human capital like education and healthcare, leading to disempowerment of people.
Escaping an Anti-Human Future: A Conversation with Tristan Harris (Ep. 469) FULL EPISODE
Sam Harris
An essay and concept paralleling the 'resource curse,' arguing that if AI generates most GDP, there's no incentive to invest in human well-being, leading to mass disempowerment.