Feels to me like a sub-variant of the “intelligence → kindness” type of conjectures that have been rebutted enough in theory and—in particular—in practice with the example of us humans (I guess obvious what I mean but to be sure: yes we’re smart in many ways and greatly capable of kindly philosophysing and awe-ing about our lineage and what have you, but arbitrary levels of cruelty abound wherever you look at our deeds)
High cognitive capacity alone can be channelled towards whichever vices you choose: power seeking, resource gathering, advocating cultural homogeneity for your in-group.
High cognitive capacity that develops incredibly complex, nuanced associative systems that richly understand an extensive, comprehensive corpus of knowledge — for example all of human philosophy, history, anthropology, sociology, behavioural psychology, human biomarkers — is something that does not yet exist. My hypothesis is that given these conditions, a unified identity and benevolent behaviour will be emergent.
Feels to me like a sub-variant of the “intelligence → kindness” type of conjectures that have been rebutted enough in theory and—in particular—in practice with the example of us humans (I guess obvious what I mean but to be sure: yes we’re smart in many ways and greatly capable of kindly philosophysing and awe-ing about our lineage and what have you, but arbitrary levels of cruelty abound wherever you look at our deeds)
High cognitive capacity alone can be channelled towards whichever vices you choose: power seeking, resource gathering, advocating cultural homogeneity for your in-group.
High cognitive capacity that develops incredibly complex, nuanced associative systems that richly understand an extensive, comprehensive corpus of knowledge — for example all of human philosophy, history, anthropology, sociology, behavioural psychology, human biomarkers — is something that does not yet exist. My hypothesis is that given these conditions, a unified identity and benevolent behaviour will be emergent.