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Visual intelligence is neither necessary nor sufficient for overall intelligence; humans and AI systems can be intelligent without vision.
Richard Socher · Humanity’s Last Invention — Richard Socher of Recursive · 14 Sept 2026
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“it but visual intelligence is neither necessary nor sufficient for overall intelligence you can be blind and still be an intelligent human being and an ai can be blind and still be quite intelligent too which”
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“mean that up you're not more intelligent when you have it”Play from 28:11Report a misattribution
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