'Diminishing returns to intelligence' argument against AI risk hasn't aged well
JeffLadish · x · 2026-09-05
Jeff Ladish notes that a once-popular claim — that intelligence experiences diminishing returns, hence no AI risk — was partially walked back after aggressive correction, but its core hasn't aged well.
As frontier models keep rapidly improving, this classic anti-AI-risk argument is being steadily undercut by reality.
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