They seem to be orthogonal at least. Smart people are not necessarily ethical and vice versa. I&#x27;m unsure as to whether the parent thinks that any increase in intelligence would correspond with a decrease in morality, which I disagree with. But there is a pretty clear issue, being that if we manage to augment intelligence without first understanding ethics there&#x27;s a not-insignifianct chance of creating a sociopath who&#x27;s smarter than any previous human. That wouldn&#x27;t exactly be world ending, but it could certainly be seriously damaging.