A Thought experiment on the end of Humanity

a fascinating thought experiment indeed. although the way i see it, the chess example is more in-line with the google-ing of answers instead of "intelligently" finding a solution.

intelligence itself comes from wealth of experience, subtle nuances and relationships. it's pretty damn hard to counterfeit. intelligence is better associated with the ability to be creative, and it takes a lifetime of trial and error to create.

computers need to have "existence", a persistent memory of trying things and learning consequences and the ability to extrapolate on predictions (using relationships to formulate possibilities) before we start really seeing what kind of intelligence they can form.

i do believe that a great majority of people will be "dumbed down" by machine integration, but the creative ones, that can leverage these new powers yet retain their intelligence will still prove to be the innovators and leaders as we move forward.