“The modern age has richly rewarded people with a combination of high intelligence and high agency. Now that many aspects of intelligence are successfully being automated, it seems likely that people with relatively lower intelligence but exceptional agency will come into their own if they are willing to egolessly accept AI advice.”
John Carmack
Message on X (Agency Over Intelligence) (Primary source)
As AI automates intelligence, high-agency people who fully trust AI guidance will thrive, even if they lack high intelligence themselves.
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“We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Disputed“Being able to recognize that you are wrong is a godsend.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in.”
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