Is the Intelligence Bottleneck About Scale or Paradigm?
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-07-20
This repost centers on a key question: Are we genuinely "lacking sufficient intelligence," or are we simply experiencing diminishing returns from stacking parameters and benchmarking? The author argues these views aren't mutually exclusive; it depends on the definition of "intelligence." If intelligence only refers to scaling up parameters or benchmaxxing, gains will diminish. However, if it involves paradigm shifts like active learning and interacting with the world, it could still bring qualitative changes.
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