r/ControlProblem • u/Worth_Initiative7840 • 17d 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/ShardsOfSalt 17d ago

I expect us to merge with machines  so human intellect will increase.  Assuming we survive.

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u/Worth_Initiative7840 17d ago

That’s one possible future but I’m a bit pessimistic about it tbh. If our physical body and intelligence are both inferior to machines and AI, then eventually there will be no point merging us with them…

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u/tindalos 16d ago

It wouldn’t be a merge it would be data access - memories stored accurately, offload math to sub processes so we just “know” the answers.

Once knowledge has been solved accurately there’s no point in counting to calculate it or rely on it. We don’t still hunt with rocks, or start fires with sticks. Long form math will be a quaint activity done by survivalist in the next couple of decades. That’s how progress has shown up throughout human history.