> even smarter than average ppl cannot aggregate to produce the thoughts and contributions of a Neumann
But he is talking about lowering tax rates on the very rich because they were so productive.
And there are plenty of thicko celebrities (boxers, footballers, actors etc) that are way
richer than Von Neumann.
So it would make more sense to …
The Superfluity of the Masses
"The fantasist then claims of course you can have something that both acts as a sledgehammer and opens a bottle of wine. You just strap a corkscrew to a sledgehammer!"
The problem with bolting things together is that there are a very large number of potential tools. So you get a very large weight and cost from bolting them all together.
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Superintelligence is impossible