The Fine Line Between Enhancement and Replacement

What would you do with a 1000-chimp army?

If you cared for a large property, maybe you’d put them to work on that — mowing, weeding, trimming, raking, cleaning.

If you ran a manufacturing plant with an assembly line, maybe you’d put them to work on that — picking, moving, drilling, spraying, screwing.

If you managed a data analytics firm, maybe you’d put them to work on that — gathering, calculating, sorting, interpreting, publishing.

What would those chimps need to do that work?

They’d need a lot of training, oversight, and checking of their work. Presumably, they might need less and less over time with the right amount. It’s possible they’d even form some sort of hierarchy that would take care of a lot of it.

But you know what they really need from you because they will never have on their own?

Intent. Only you can provide intent.

This message isn’t about chimpanzees.