Intelligence gives significant advantages in certain domains (converting economies to wartime production, deploying advanced weapons, managing resource extraction) but the relationship between being superhuman at a task and having real-world power is not straightforward and requires case-by-case analysis.

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Daniel Kokotajlo

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you have to go on a case by case basis... how much real world power would that translate to. What affordances would that translate to.

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Robot Plumbers, Robot Armies, and Our Imminent A.I. Future | Interesting Times with Ross DouthatInteresting Times with Ross Douthat
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:14:40 AM

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