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The speaker says some people in Silicon Valley view intelligence as an individual trait rather than a collective and social phenomenon, and rejects that view.

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

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“that i see over and over again from these guys uh is this idea that intelligence is an individual trait as opposed to something collective and social um and i don't think that that's right uh and i also you know for what it's worth don't think that we're actually very much like llms um you know i i think i think”
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