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+title: "You are no longer the smartest type of thing on Earth"
+author: Noah Smith
+source: Noahopinion (Substack)
+date: 2026-02-13
+processed_by: theseus
+processed_date: 2026-03-06
+type: newsletter
+domain: ai-alignment
+status: processed
+claims_extracted:
+  - "AI is already superintelligent through jagged intelligence combining human-level reasoning with superhuman speed and tirelessness which means the alignment problem is present-tense not future-tense"
+---
+
+# You are no longer the smartest type of thing on Earth
+
+Noah Smith's Feb 13 newsletter on human disempowerment in the age of AI. Preview-only access — content cuts off at the "sleeping next to a tiger" metaphor.
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+Key content available: AI surpassing human intelligence, METR capability curve, vibe coding replacing traditional development, hyperscaler capex ~$600B in 2026, tiger metaphor for coexisting with superintelligence.
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+Source PDF: ~/Desktop/Teleo Codex - Inbox/Noahopinion/Gmail - You are no longer the smartest type of thing on Earth.pdf