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The Role Of Intelligence In Science

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What Is The Role Of Intelligence In Science?

Actually, what are "science" and "intelligence"? Precise, explicit definitions aren't necessary, but discussions of Transformative AI seem to depend implicitly on particular models of both. It matters if those models are wrong.

https://betterwithout.ai/intelligence-in-science

Katja Grace, "Counterarguments to the basic AI x-risk case".
https://aiimpacts.org/counterarguments-to-the-basic-ai-x-risk-case/
 
What Do Unusually Intelligent People Do? 

If we want to know what a superintelligent AI might do, and how, it could help to investigate what the most intelligent humans do, and how. If we want to know how to dramatically accelerate science and technology development, it could help to investigate what the best scientists and technologists do, and how.

 
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen, "We Need a New Science of Progress," The Atlantic, July 30, 2019.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946/

Gwern Branwen, "Catnip immunity and alternatives".
 
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