Intelligence
sari and
Intelligence
Many brilliant people are rewarded early in life but get lapped by those with average intelligence later on.
When test scores are off the table, courage will take you further than knowing the right answer.
When test scores are off the table, courage will take you further than knowing the right answer.
Alex Tan • #094 Done!
language models are not intelligent in the ways that even small children are intelligent, but they are already superhuman at tasks like summarization, translation (both linguistic and conceptual), and association. And when you apply those skills to artfully curated source material written by equally, but differently, gifted humans, magic can... See more
Steven Johnson • Revenge of the Humanities
This is why the people who score well on intelligence tests and win lots of chess games are no happier than the people who flunk the tests and lose at chess: well-defined and poorly defined problems require completely different problem-solving skills. Life ain’t chess! Nobody agrees on the rules, the pieces do whatever they want, and the board... See more
Adam Mastroianni • Why Aren't Smart People Happier?
Astronaut Scott Kelly on intelligence:
“The smartest person in the room, I’ve learned, is usually the person who knows how to tap into the intelligence of every person in the room.”
Our work with AI reveals the nature of intelligence, just like sparks once showed us what electricity was
Kelly draws a parallel between the current wave of AI and the early days of electricity; specifically, in how little we truly understand what we’re working with. In the 18th and 19th centuries, even as scientists staged demonstrations of the... See more
Kelly draws a parallel between the current wave of AI and the early days of electricity; specifically, in how little we truly understand what we’re working with. In the 18th and 19th centuries, even as scientists staged demonstrations of the... See more
🎧 How to Predict the Future Like Kevin Kelly
Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character.
Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered.
-Jensen Huang
