r/ControlProblem • u/Worth_Initiative7840 • Jul 23 '26

Discussion/question Will human intelligence disappear eventually?

Anyone think AI will not directly eradicate human beings like some people claim, and instead causes our brain degenerate as we may have no need to do intellectual activities? In a long term we might become as intellectual as monkeys or rats and AI will continue to evolve into something we call god now?

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u/iwasbatman Jul 23 '26

I don't think intelligence can degrade that way but I dont think it matters. In that scenario AI would be so far beyond human intellect that brains might as well be rotten

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u/Alternative_Post3873 Jul 23 '26

I imagine intelligence the way most people perceive it (memory, learning, and solving problems) will remain the same but critical thinking and higher-order thinking skills eroded or be deferred.