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The speaker argues conditionally that if intelligence were broadly useful for every goal, it would evolve more frequently and widely in nature.

Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026

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“you know, if intelligence were really so broadly useful for every single goal,”
“you would see more of it in the natural world. It would be something that would evolve,”
“you know, more often and more broadly.”
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