Start Up No.2676: the superintelligence problem, Instagram AI helps hackers take over accounts, trouble in the solar business, and more

If a picture on a wall is described as a Monet painting, you probably believe it’s real. What if you’re told it’s actually AI, though? CC-licensed photo by Gerard Stolk on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Floating along. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. Superintelligence: the idea that eats smart people • Idle Words Maciej Cieglowski, in a speech given to a conference: » Our intelligence level, cognitive speed, set of biases and so on is not predetermined, but an artifact of our evolutionary history. In particular, there’s no physical law that puts a cap on intelligence at the level of human beings. A good way to think of this is by looking what happens when the natural world tries to maximize for speed. If you…