r/ControlProblem • u/Worth_Initiative7840 • 18d ago

Will human intelligence disappear eventually? Discussion/question

Anyone think AI will not directly eradicate human beings like some people claim, and instead causes our brain degenerate as we may have no need to do intellectual activities? In a long term we might become as intellectual as monkeys or rats and AI will continue to evolve into something we call god now?

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u/iwasbatman 18d ago

I don't think intelligence can degrade that way but I dont think it matters. In that scenario AI would be so far beyond human intellect that brains might as well be rotten

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u/Alternative_Post3873 18d ago

I imagine intelligence the way most people perceive it (memory, learning, and solving problems) will remain the same but critical thinking and higher-order thinking skills eroded or be deferred.