I think it’s worth distinguishing between what I’ll call “parallel SI” vs “collective SI”.
Parallel SI is when you have something more intelligent because it has a lot of the same intelligence in parallel. Strictly parallel SI would need to rely on random differences in decisions and shelling points since communication between threads would not be possible.
Collective SI requires parallel SI, but additionally has organization of the work being done by each intelligence. I think how far this concept can be pushed is unclear, but I don’t see any reason that sufficiently clever organization of human level intelligence couldn’t achieve depth or even speed SI.
The idea is that the interaction of many human level intelligences can be made to emulate the mind of a greater intelligence. This means the evolved organizational structure found in corporations could potentially be SI in ways you don’t get just from parallel SI.
I think it’s worth distinguishing between what I’ll call “parallel SI” vs “collective SI”.
Parallel SI is when you have something more intelligent because it has a lot of the same intelligence in parallel. Strictly parallel SI would need to rely on random differences in decisions and shelling points since communication between threads would not be possible.
Collective SI requires parallel SI, but additionally has organization of the work being done by each intelligence. I think how far this concept can be pushed is unclear, but I don’t see any reason that sufficiently clever organization of human level intelligence couldn’t achieve depth or even speed SI.
The idea is that the interaction of many human level intelligences can be made to emulate the mind of a greater intelligence. This means the evolved organizational structure found in corporations could potentially be SI in ways you don’t get just from parallel SI.