Intelligence Amplification

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Significantly Enhancing Adult Intelligence With Gene Editing May Be Possible

GeneSmith and kman

12 Dec 2023 18:14 UTC

463 points

206 comments33 min readLW link 2 reviews

Increasing IQ is trivial

George3d61 Mar 2024 22:43 UTC

23 points

62 comments6 min readLW link

(epistemink.substack.com)

Using GPT-3 to augment human intelligence

Henrik Karlsson10 Aug 2022 15:54 UTC

52 points

8 comments18 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

[Linkpost] George Mack’s Razors

trevor27 Nov 2023 17:53 UTC

38 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

[Question] What is the current bottleneck on genetic engineering of human embryos for improved IQ

Eli Tyre23 Oct 2020 2:36 UTC

36 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Transhumanism, genetic engineering, and the biological basis of intelligence.

fowlertm14 Sep 2022 15:55 UTC

41 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What experiments would demonstrate “upper limits of augmented working memory?”

Raemon15 Aug 2019 22:09 UTC

33 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Prosthetic Intelligence

Krantz8 Nov 2023 19:01 UTC

7 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Are there rationality techniques similar to staring at the wall for 4 hours?

trevor24 Feb 2023 11:48 UTC

32 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Intelligence Amplification and Friendly AI

lukeprog27 Sep 2013 1:09 UTC

21 points

26 comments4 min readLW link

Intelligence Amplification Interview

KatjaGrace28 Mar 2014 22:21 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Intelligence Amplification Open Thread

Will_Newsome15 Sep 2010 8:39 UTC

62 points

346 comments1 min readLW link

Growing Up is Hard

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 Jan 2009 3:55 UTC

55 points

42 comments7 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on Singularity Strategies

Wei Dai13 Jul 2011 2:41 UTC

52 points

30 comments3 min readLW link

How to Make Superbabies

GeneSmith and kman

19 Feb 2025 20:39 UTC

634 points

359 comments31 min readLW link

Update on Chinese IQ-related gene panels

Lao Mein14 Dec 2023 10:12 UTC

70 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Overview of strong human intelligence amplification methods

TsviBT8 Oct 2024 8:37 UTC

293 points

162 comments10 min readLW link 1 review

A few questions about recent developments in EA

Peter Berggren23 Nov 2024 2:36 UTC

24 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What Does LessWrong Think of Human Intelligence Augmentation in 2023?

lukemarks8 Jul 2023 11:42 UTC

84 points

28 comments2 min readLW link

Some Things That Increase Blood Flow to the Brain

romeostevensit27 Mar 2024 21:48 UTC

31 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Historical examples of people gaining unusual cognitive abilities?

Nicholas Kross24 Nov 2022 19:01 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Against Even Suggesting Augmentation of Human-or-Otherwise “Intelligence”

Benjamin Bourlier1 Mar 2024 18:45 UTC

−7 points

0 comments16 min readLW link

Do not miss the cutoff for immortality! There is a probability that you will live forever as an immortal superintelligent being and you can increase your odds by convincing others to make achieving the technological singularity as quickly and safely as possible the collective goal/project of all of humanity, Similar to “Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant.”

Oliver--Klozoff29 Jun 2023 3:45 UTC

1 point

0 comments28 min readLW link

[Question] Are there ways to artificially fix laziness?

Aidar8 Dec 2024 18:26 UTC

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Overview of (Some) Biotech-Based Adult Intelligence Amplification Approaches

Ihor Kendiukhov25 Aug 2025 8:00 UTC

21 points

0 comments22 min readLW link

Enhancing intelligence by banging your head on the wall

Bezzi12 Dec 2023 21:00 UTC

39 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Become a Superintelligence Yourself

Yaroslav Granowski10 May 2025 20:20 UTC

2 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

An alternative approach to superbabies

Towards_Keeperhood5 Nov 2024 22:56 UTC

48 points

19 comments3 min readLW link

How to develop a photographic memory 2/3

PhilosophicalSoul30 Dec 2023 20:18 UTC

28 points

7 comments12 min readLW link

How to develop a photographic memory 1/3

PhilosophicalSoul28 Dec 2023 13:26 UTC

37 points

6 comments14 min readLW link

“Smarter brains run on sparsely connected neurons”

Pavrati Jain13 Dec 2025 18:27 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.bio.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de)

Cascio in The Atlantic, more on cognitive enhancement as existential risk mitigation

Roko18 Jun 2009 15:09 UTC

23 points

92 comments3 min readLW link

Methods for strong human germline engineering

TsviBT3 Mar 2025 8:13 UTC

149 points

29 comments108 min readLW link

Paper out now on creatine and cognitive performance

Fabienne26 Nov 2023 10:58 UTC

61 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Statistical Challenges with Making Super IQ babies

Jan Christian Refsgaard2 Mar 2025 20:26 UTC

154 points

26 comments9 min readLW link

Ask LessWrong: Human cognitive enhancement now?

taw16 Jun 2009 21:16 UTC

16 points

73 comments1 min readLW link

Protecting agent boundaries

Chris Lakin25 Jan 2024 4:13 UTC

11 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

What is Intelligence?

IsaacRosedale23 Apr 2023 6:10 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

We have to Upgrade

Jed McCaleb23 Mar 2023 17:53 UTC

131 points

35 comments2 min readLW link

Superbabies: Putting The Pieces Together

sarahconstantin11 Jul 2024 20:40 UTC

218 points

37 comments10 min readLW link

(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

Relationship between subjective experience and intelligence?

Q Home24 Jul 2022 9:10 UTC

5 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

How to develop a photographic memory 3/3

PhilosophicalSoul8 Feb 2024 9:22 UTC

7 points

2 comments18 min readLW link

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