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Elon also touches upon the broader ecosystem of intelligence on Earth. He notes that human intelligence has historically scaled with population growth—more humans meant more collective knowledge and innovations. However, with declining birth rates and population stagnation, human intelligence might plateau or even decline in the future.
In contrast, AI's rapid evolution could outpace human cognitive capacities, leading to a scenario where AI outperforms humans not just in specific tasks but across all domains. This raises critical questions about the role of humans: will we remain the creators and shapers of technology, or will we become secondary to AI's superior reasoning power?