[loandbehold]

OK but getting good at science/engineering is what matters because that's what gives AI and people who wield it power. Once AI is able to build chips and datacenters autonomously, that's when singularity starts. AI doesn't need to understand humans or act human-like to do those things.

[0x008]

I think what they mean is that the fundamental question is IF any intelligence can really break out of its confined area of expertise and control a substantial amount of the world just by excelling in highly verifiable domains. Because a lot of what humans need to do is decisions based on expertise and judgement that in systems follows no transparent rules.

I guess it’s the age old question if we really know what we are doing („experience“) or we just tumble through life and it works out because the overall system of humans interacting with each other is big enough. The current state of world politics makes be think it’s the latter.