Uploaded November 2008 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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A common idea is that an explosion of intelligence will take place at some point in the future - probably somewhere around the time that machine intelligence surpasses that of humans.

Here I will argue that that is a misconception - an intelligence explosion is happening now - and it has been going on for millions of years. Essay: alife.co.uk/essays/the_intelligence_explosion_is_happening_now