&gt; Of course we don&#x27;t know one way or the other, but it seems to me that it&#x27;s possible that we&#x27;re already roughly as intelligent as it&#x27;s possible to be.<p>I think Nick Bostrom had the perfect reply to that in <i>Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies</i>:<p>&gt; Far from being the smartest possible biological species, we are probably better thought of as the stupidest possible biological species capable of starting a technological civilization—a niche we filled because we got there first, not because we are in any sense optimally adapted to it.<p>It would be extremely strange if we were near the smartest possible minds. Just look at the evidence: Our fastest neurons send signals at 0.0000004c. Our working memory is smaller than a chimp&#x27;s.[1] We need pencil and paper to do basic arithmetic. These are not attributes of the pinnacle of possible intelligences.<p>Even if you think it&#x27;s likely that we are near the smartest possible minds, consider the consequences of being wrong: The AI becomes much smarter than us and potentially destroys everyone and everything we care about. Unless you are supremely confident in humanity&#x27;s intelligence, you should be concerned about AI risk.<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=zsXP8qeFF6A" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=zsXP8qeFF6A</a>