JoshuaFox comments on Superintelligence 5: Forms of Superintelligence - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SteveG 14 October 2014 01:39:33AM 2 points [-]

I was quite interested in the distinction that Bostrom made in passing between intelligence and wisdom. What does everyone think about it?

Comment author: JoshuaFox 15 October 2014 09:18:39AM 2 points [-]

Wisdom is goal-oriented thinking. Intelligence is the type of calculations that should go into optimization towards goals but are often misdirected. You can optimize steadily but weakly towards a goal, or you can make calculations and make decisions with high power, but shooting in all directions.