I’m puzzled by this reply. You acknowledge that you misremembered, but in your edited comment you continue to state that “here’s a whole chapter in superintelligence on human intelligence enhancement via genetic selection”.
The chapter in question is called “Paths to superintelligence”, and is divided into five sections, followed by a summary. The sections are called “Artificial intelligence”, “Whole brain emulation”, “Biological cognition”, “Brain–computer interfaces” and “Networks and organizations”. It is evident that the whole chapter is not devoted to human intelligence enhancement via genetic selection.
Separately, you make this statement immediately after claimimg that “there is a lot of support for what could be described as ‘liberal eugenics’ among these communities”, and you offer this claim as evidence of such support. Yet, as it should again be clear even from casual inspection of the abstract with which the chapter begins, Bostrom’s aim here is to discuss how superintelligence might be developed, not to argue that we should develop superintelligence, let alone argue that we should develop superintelligence via genetic selection. (Insofar as Bostrom has expressed views about the desirability rather than the probability of cognitive enhancement in general and genetic enhancement specifically—later in the book and elsewhere in his writings—, his views are nuanced and complex.)
I’m puzzled by this reply. You acknowledge that you misremembered, but in your edited comment you continue to state that “here’s a whole chapter in superintelligence on human intelligence enhancement via genetic selection”.
The chapter in question is called “Paths to superintelligence”, and is divided into five sections, followed by a summary. The sections are called “Artificial intelligence”, “Whole brain emulation”, “Biological cognition”, “Brain–computer interfaces” and “Networks and organizations”. It is evident that the whole chapter is not devoted to human intelligence enhancement via genetic selection.
Separately, you make this statement immediately after claimimg that “there is a lot of support for what could be described as ‘liberal eugenics’ among these communities”, and you offer this claim as evidence of such support. Yet, as it should again be clear even from casual inspection of the abstract with which the chapter begins, Bostrom’s aim here is to discuss how superintelligence might be developed, not to argue that we should develop superintelligence, let alone argue that we should develop superintelligence via genetic selection. (Insofar as Bostrom has expressed views about the desirability rather than the probability of cognitive enhancement in general and genetic enhancement specifically—later in the book and elsewhere in his writings—, his views are nuanced and complex.)