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Re:Meta's Vision for Superintelligence by criddell on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @11:45AM (#44735708)
> It is worth emphasizing that dogs wouldn't understand formal calculus even if they were smarter than humans!

Exactly! If a dog invented a dog superintelligence and it discovered calculus, the dogs would never understand that discovery. I think a superintelligence we build will discover things we cannot understand.

Re:Meta's Vision for Superintelligence by AIPedant on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @11:57AM (#44735888)
No, you totally misunderstood my point. Formal calculus is not a physical fact of the universe, it is an abstract human tool that other species (including dogs) are not capable of using, just like they can't use hammers or drive cars. The problem is not a lack of intelligence, it's having the wrong body.
Re:Meta's Vision for Superintelligence by bigfishrunning on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @03:02PM (#44738224)
I misunderstood it too. Maybe you're superintelligent!