"Most domains are surprisingly deep": Timothy Lee clashes with Greenblatt's superintelligence view
sebkrier · x · 2026-09-11
A representative clash over AI capability trajectories:
- Greenblatt's claim: "Most domains are fundamentally pretty shallow" — implying superintelligence could rapidly pick up many domains.
- Timothy Lee's rebuttal: this is exactly what the superintelligence worldview gets wrong; many domains are surprisingly deep, and AI won't "quickly pick up a bunch of domains."
- The retweeter's "Same energy" signals agreement with Lee.
A classic framing of the capability-ceiling debate: how compressible is world knowledge, and how fast can AI diffuse through it?
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