intelligence is a tool
in-TEL-ih-jents iz uh TOOL
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns ɪz ə tuːlListen
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the observation that cognitive ability, whether human or artificial, derives its value and its moral character entirely from the ends to which it is directed and the values that animate its use; intelligence in the service of wisdom, compassion, and justice produces flourishing, while the same cognitive power directed by narrow self-interest, ideology, or indifference to consequences produces sophisticated harm; the formulation challenges the assumption that greater intelligence is intrinsically valuable, insisting that the question what is it for? is prior to and more important than how powerful is it?
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