Executive summary: This book review of Reza Negarestani’s “Intelligence and Spirit” outlines how the work explores reasoning about greater-than-human intelligence by separating reasoning from its human implementation and reconceptualizing language and cognition.
Key points:
The book frames AGI/ASI as reason transcending its biological origins, challenging anthropocentric views.
Negarestani proposes separating reasoning from human implementation to understand intelligence more broadly.
The book views language as a medium for cognition and the expression of collective intelligence.
It draws on philosophers like Sellars, Brandom, and Carnap to redefine reason and rationality.
There’s an emphasis on formalizing language and logic to discuss non-human intelligences without bias.
The book speculates on the future of philosophy in the presence of AGI/ASI, returning to Platonic ideas.
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Executive summary: This book review of Reza Negarestani’s “Intelligence and Spirit” outlines how the work explores reasoning about greater-than-human intelligence by separating reasoning from its human implementation and reconceptualizing language and cognition.
Key points:
The book frames AGI/ASI as reason transcending its biological origins, challenging anthropocentric views.
Negarestani proposes separating reasoning from human implementation to understand intelligence more broadly.
The book views language as a medium for cognition and the expression of collective intelligence.
It draws on philosophers like Sellars, Brandom, and Carnap to redefine reason and rationality.
There’s an emphasis on formalizing language and logic to discuss non-human intelligences without bias.
The book speculates on the future of philosophy in the presence of AGI/ASI, returning to Platonic ideas.
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