I think this is probably true, and yet I also don’t think that humans are likely anywhere near this peak intelligence level yet. Also, simply being able to think faster without being more knowledgeable or intelligent would be a significant strategic advantage in competition or conflict. Even that would hit a peak, where additional speed (all else held constant) would confer no further advantage.
Similarly, knowledge, like the diameters of river stones, has its own peak. That’s going to be much more context dependent though. Different knowledge is relevant to different problems. Some problems benefit from in-depth knowledge about them, others are knowledge-light.
So, intelligence (capacity to utilize knowledge, reason abstractly, concoct useful plans) and speed of thought are much more general capabilities. In humans, these three attributes tend to be highly entangled due to upstream causes like education and genetics. In AI, we see them come apart. Some very knowledgeable systems with excellent retrieval speed don’t seem very intelligent. Some intelligent systems are very slow or only very narrowly knowledgeable.
I think this is probably true, and yet I also don’t think that humans are likely anywhere near this peak intelligence level yet. Also, simply being able to think faster without being more knowledgeable or intelligent would be a significant strategic advantage in competition or conflict. Even that would hit a peak, where additional speed (all else held constant) would confer no further advantage.
Similarly, knowledge, like the diameters of river stones, has its own peak. That’s going to be much more context dependent though. Different knowledge is relevant to different problems. Some problems benefit from in-depth knowledge about them, others are knowledge-light.
So, intelligence (capacity to utilize knowledge, reason abstractly, concoct useful plans) and speed of thought are much more general capabilities. In humans, these three attributes tend to be highly entangled due to upstream causes like education and genetics. In AI, we see them come apart. Some very knowledgeable systems with excellent retrieval speed don’t seem very intelligent. Some intelligent systems are very slow or only very narrowly knowledgeable.