IQ 10,000

Following up on Monday’s show, Phil and Stephen explore the possibilities embedded in this recent prediction:

Billionaire CEO of SoftBank: Robots will have an IQ of 10,000 in 30 years

 In about 30 years, artificial intelligence will have an IQ of 10,000, Son says. By comparison, the average human IQ is 100 and genius is 200, according to Son. Mensa, "the High IQ society," starts accepting members with an IQ score of 130.

Assuming the average person has an IQ of 100, Masayoshi Son is predicting that computers will be 100 times smarter than we are. What will we do with that kind of mental capability (assuming we’re still calling the shots?)

Phil and Stephen discuss some problems that might benefit from 100X human intelligence:

• Anti-aging medicine
  This kind of thing:
  To Stay Young, Kill Zombie Cells
  An anti-aging strategy that works in mice is about to be tested in humans
• World hunger
  20 years ago, 1 billion hungry people
  Today, 1 billion hungry people
  Lots of glib “solutions,” but the problem persists
  Do we need some smarter thinking  
   
• Getting to true atomically precise manufacturing
   
• The transition from an employment economy to a post-scarcity
  Or maybe just plain making everybody rich?
   
• Flying cars

Or is this all ultimately a dystopian idea?

Join us. And leave a comment -- what problem would you put 100X human intelligence on?

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