The mistake of conflating intelligence and power

Dwarkesh Patel argues that intelligence and power are being conflated: current AI systems improve through economically valuable tasks such as coding, while real-world power depends more on authority, trust, and large-scale cooperation than isolated strategic reasoning.

Why it matters: HKR-H/K/R all pass: Dwarkesh targets the capability-to-power link at the center of AI-safety debate. The summary gives no new data or empirical case, so this stays in the quality commentary band, not 85+.