The case for seeing AI as societies of models

A user argues that much of human intelligence exists at the level of society: none of us knows how to build a toaster from scratch alone, yet together we can reach the moon. They liken today’s most capable AI to societies of models. In a follow-up, they say this view changes how they think about alignment and risk, and express optimism because AI is intertwined with human labor, capital, energy and governance.