"Nobody has a good case that intelligence won't plateau like air travel did" sparks AI debate
swombat · x · 2026-09-12
Blogger swombat argues nobody has yet made a convincing case that intelligence won't plateau the way air travel speed did — in the 1960s everyone assumed we'd be colonizing galaxies by now. Replying to dbasch's "nonzero isn't worth worrying about," he counters that air travel has zero potential for recursive self-improvement, while AI does. A classic exchange on whether intelligence keeps scaling.
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