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”
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:44:56 AM
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