
Episode 53: Universality and IQ - Part 1
The Theory of Anything
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The Contra David Deutsch Argument on Intelligence
Dorgers Patel: I'm going to give you a summary of what I felt was the most salient points from an article by David Deutsch on AI. He says, about 21 to 24% of Americans fall in level one of the national adult literacy survey, meaning they can't even perform tasks identifying the expiry date with drivers license or totaling a bank deposit. And so, if you're not illiterate, then you can’t read, right, no matter what your IQ is. Because of that an argument like this makes no real attempt to distinguish between theories and therefore isn't useful,. Even if he's right that that is caused by low IQ.
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