Beyond Intelligence: The Ethical Risks of AI Amplifying Stupidity Characteristics of an intelligent person An intelligent person is often characterized by a combination of cognitive abilities, emotional skills, and practical knowledge. Here are some key attributes that define an intelligent person: Cognitive Abilities Emotional Skills Practical Knowledge By amplifying these aspects of intelligence, AI can …
As artificial intelligence evolves and becomes increasingly integrated into human decision-making, the need for ethical intelligence has never been more urgent. We’re not just building systems that process data—we’re shaping systems that influence lives, define norms, and steer the trajectory of our shared future. Ethical intelligence isn’t an accident. It’s not inherited or incidental. It is built, deliberately …
In our age of Intelligence Amplification, it’s tempting to believe that all forms of learning can be accelerated, outsourced, or simulated. Yet there remains one domain that is forever human—one that no machine, no matter how sophisticated, can truly enter: The Body Learns What the Mind Cannot Simulate You cannot learn to ride a bicycle …
Rethinking Human Expectations For centuries, humans have measured intelligence through visible, static benchmarks: IQ tests, standardized exams, degrees, certifications. Intelligence was something you possessed — a quantity inside the mind, measurable, comparable, credentialed. And so, we learned to expect intelligence to be proven by grades, titles, or accolades. But in the era of Intelligence Amplification (IA), those expectations no longer hold. …
“We must cultivate our garden.” — Voltaire As the sun sets over the wheat fields of Walla Walla, a different kind of harvest is beginning—one measured not in bushels but in transformed human potential. In classrooms and learning hubs across the community college campus, the quiet revolution of Intelligence Amplification is taking root, creating not just …
Chomsky’s contrast between discovery-driven education and compliance-driven schooling lands even harder in 2025, when AI tutors grade essays in seconds and national ranking tables turn curiosity into a KPI. His insistence that technology remains “a neutral hammer” feels prescient: generative models can craft Nobel-worthy prose or deep-fake propaganda, depending entirely on the critical-thinking muscles we build in the classroom. From an Intelligence …