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palmotea ◴[] No.43575892[source]
One way to achieve superhuman intelligence in AI is to make humans dumber.
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1. 6510 ◴[] No.43577201[source]
I thought: A group working together poorly isn't smarter than the smartest person in that group.

But it's worse, A group working together poorly isn't smarter than the fastest participant in the group.

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2. jimmygrapes ◴[] No.43577359[source]
anybody who's ever tried to play bar trivia with a team should recognize this
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3. trentlott ◴[] No.43577538[source]
That's a fascinatingly obvious idea and I'd like to see data that supports it. I assume there must be some.
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4. rightbyte ◴[] No.43579879[source]
What do you mean? You can protest against bad but fast answers and check another box with the pen.
5. tengbretson ◴[] No.43583024[source]
Being timid in bar trivia is the same as being wrong.
6. 6510 ◴[] No.43596028[source]
I understand but the bug is closed now.