For many organisms and ecological niches, general-purpose intelligence is not adaptive because it does not pay to be intelligent; there are more direct, efficient solutions to environmental problems than general-purpose learning mechanisms.

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for many creatures like it just doesn't pay to be intelligent because that's not actually adaptive um there are better ways to solve the problem than a general purpose intelligence

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The Grand Theory of Intelligence – GwernDwarkesh Patel
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:44:56 AM

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