Maybe if AGI timelines were still > 100 years following this idea might have some merit, but we don’t have enough time left for ideas that would need multiple decades to see positive results, especially given that it’s unlikely we would get that many von Neumann/einstein-tier biological intelligence for research
I agree these biological intelligence directions are not that promising, but the world is big enough that even far shot ideas are worth a little bit exploration.
I think “How to Make Superbabies” is maybe a few times more promising than using orcas, but also maybe a few times more costly to evaluate.
Maybe if AGI timelines were still > 100 years following this idea might have some merit, but we don’t have enough time left for ideas that would need multiple decades to see positive results, especially given that it’s unlikely we would get that many von Neumann/einstein-tier biological intelligence for research
I agree these biological intelligence directions are not that promising, but the world is big enough that even far shot ideas are worth a little bit exploration.
I think “How to Make Superbabies” is maybe a few times more promising than using orcas, but also maybe a few times more costly to evaluate.