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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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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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1. jimmygrapes ◴[] No.43577359[source]
anybody who's ever tried to play bar trivia with a team should recognize this
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2. rightbyte ◴[] No.43579879[source]
What do you mean? You can protest against bad but fast answers and check another box with the pen.
3. tengbretson ◴[] No.43583024[source]
Being timid in bar trivia is the same as being wrong.