intelligence

6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Nov 9, 2022 by Professor Anil Seth · across every show →

Everything said about intelligence, oldest first

Nov 9, 2022 neutral
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Seth: Assuming human-level AI intelligence implies consciousness is unfounded
“And think that as systems increase in their level of intelligence at some point, usually the point at which we begin to approximate human level intelligence, the lights come on for that system and suddenly it is not only intelligent, it's also aware, but this …”
Professor Anil Seth Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 9:18 Fantasy and Fact: AI, Sentience and The Dangers Of Hype, from World Summit AI
Jan 25, 2023
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LeCun: Prediction and planning from forecasted consequences define intelligence
“What characterizes intelligence is the ability to predict, first of all, and then the ability to use those prediction Those predictions as a tool to plan by predicting the consequences of actions you might take. Prediction is the essence of intelligence.”
Yann LeCun Jan 25, 2023 ▶ 38:52 Is ChatGPT A Step Toward Human-Level AI? — With Yann LeCun, Meta Chief AI Scientist
Feb 25, 2026 negative
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Pollan argues the Turing test fails as a test for consciousness
“The Turing test doesn't work for this consciousness question. It was designed for the intelligence question which is somewhat simpler.”
Michael Pollan Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 21:03 Can AI Become Conscious? — With Michael Pollan
Apr 23, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Brockman: OpenAI cuts intelligence prices tenfold to hundredfold year-over-year
“We have dropped prices on the same level of intelligence year over year, sometimes by literally a factor of a hundred, right? It's like at least in order of magnitude year over year, sometimes literally a hundred.”
Greg Brockman Apr 23, 2026 ▶ 13:07 OpenAI President Greg Brockman on GPT-5.5 “Spud,” AI Model Moats, and Cybersecurity Risks
Jun 4, 2026 neutral
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Hinton: Humanity must accept that intelligence is not uniquely biological
“We're going to have to accept that intelligence isn't just biological. We can have things that are non-biological that are other beings like us, and we really don't want to share that.”
Geoffrey Hinton Jun 4, 2026 ▶ 24:07 AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton: AI Is Conscious, Superintelligence is Coming, And We Should Be Worried
Jul 29, 2026 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2031
Kantrowitz: Selling Raw AI Intelligence Alone Won't Build Trillion-Dollar Companies
“I think that if there was a belief that you could build a trillion dollar company just by selling intelligence from the API alone not gonna happen most likely. but what could happen is you, if you're the developer of the intelligence, you can build products w…”
Alex Kantrowitz Jul 29, 2026 ▶ 40:10 How China Caught U.S. AI — With Grace Shao
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