Digital intelligence allows multiple AI systems to instantly share newly acquired knowledge, unlike biological brains.

Hinton pointed out a critical difference between biological and digital systems. When one human learns a skill, the rest of us must study for years to replicate it. But digital neural networks share a single model of the world. If one copy learns a new fact, ten thousand other copies instantly inherit that exact knowledge. This rapid, collective learning allows AI models to accumulate information at a speed that eclipses any individual human being.