---
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
status: partial (preview only — paywalled after page 5)
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.

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.

Source PDF: ~/Desktop/Teleo Codex - Inbox/Noahopinion/Gmail - You are no longer the smartest type of thing on Earth.pdf