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 KokotajloEvidence Quote
“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 Douthat— Interesting Times with Ross DouthatCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:14:40 AM
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