Episode 3: Intelligence as a Social Construct

from Thinking about Thinking · host Rumman

Who decides what counts as intelligent — and who gets rights because of it?The fraught history of defining human intelligence — and how we conflate intelligence with sentience. Edge cases: end-of-life care, infant cognition, fitness for trial. Intelligence matters because it ascribes rights.Our host is Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, leading thinker and developer of safe, secure and responsible AI. You can learn more about her at www.rummanchowdhury.comWe also have a companion substack, also called Thinking about Thinking. Find us at https://substack.com/@rummanchowdhury1

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