Being smart is a waste of calories if you don't use it to become more capable. At least in evolved systems, I wouldn't expect to find intelligence without capability.
I do think that human beings owe a lot two their two hands and fingers (besides their smarts). Even if a dolphin or an orca is indeed very smart, they will never be as capable as a human due to their physicality.
I start to genuinely wonder where the place for us humans are in this. All I see is human beings being crowded out. Capital via LLMs taking the place of humans.
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