A key reason, independent of LLMs, is that we see vast ranges of human performance, and Eliezer’s claim that the fact that humans have similar brain architectures means that there’s very little effort needed to become the best human who ever lived is wrong (admittedly this is a claim that the post was always wrong, and we just failed to notice it, including myself).
A key reason, independent of LLMs, is that we see vast ranges of human performance, and Eliezer’s claim that the fact that humans have similar brain architectures means that there’s very little effort needed to become the best human who ever lived is wrong (admittedly this is a claim that the post was always wrong, and we just failed to notice it, including myself).
The range of human ability is wide, actually.