TLDR:

Around Einstein-level, relatively small changes in intelligence can lead to large changes in what one is capable to accomplish.
1. E.g. Einstein was a bit better than the other best physi at seeing deep connections and reasoning, but was able to accomplish much more in terms of impressive scientific output.
There are architectures where small changes can have significant effects on intelligence.
1. E.g. small changes in human-brain-hyperparameters: Einstein's brain didn’t need to be trained on 3x the compute than normal physics professors for him to become much better at forming deep understanding, even without intelligence improving intelligence.

Einstein and the heavytail of human intelligence

1905 is often described as the "annus mirabilis" of Albert Einstein. He founded quantum physics by postulating the existence of (light) quanta, explained Brownian motion, introduced the special relativity theory and derived E=mc² from it. All of this. In one year. While having a [...]

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Outline:

(00:52) Einstein and the heavytail of human intelligence

(02:02) Example for how far ahead of his time Einstein was: Deriving the theory of light quanta

(04:27) Concluding thoughts on Einstein

(05:05) Takeaways

(06:51) Requests to AI researchers

The original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
May 6th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aH9R8amREaDSwFc97/rapid-capability-gain-around-supergenius-level-seems

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“Rapid capability gain around supergenius level seems probable even without intelligence needing to improve intelligence” by Towards_Keeperhood, Davanchama

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