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cyanydeeztoday at 2:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

Turns out, just like the Turing test, its easier to dumb down intelligent expectations than to improve intelligence.

AGI makes a lot better argument if everyone is in idiocracy.


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palmoteatoday at 2:40 PM

> AGI makes a lot better argument if everyone is in idiocracy.

IIRC, a part of the backstory of Idiocracy is the development of pervasive and good enough AI/automation, which enabled society to get that dumb without immediately collapsing.

taytustoday at 2:40 PM

I wish more people could read and appreciate that couple of sentences.