alt Hacker NewsI read this earlier today and was thinking: how many such mathematically gifted individuals exist I. The world at one time? Assuming there are probably 20-30 Tao-caliber people in the US and an adversarial multiplier of 0.1 (only 1 in 10 such kids are nurtured), we reach 300 for this generation, about 1 in a million.
That means in a generation there are ~ 10k such people in the world. Think about connecting them or nurturing them with AI companions.
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mmooss • today at 7:44 AM
How about nurturing them with human beings? We have no idea how nurturing children with a computer program would turn out but probably poorly.
The most important part of nurturing, as I understand it, is to be seen and loved by other humans, and to be made to feel safe and lovable.
> Think about connecting them or nurturing them with AI companions.
Yes, let's give them only the blandest, most boring interactions possible.