Intelligence is not the biggest bottleneck in most of the world's problems
tobowers · x · 2026-09-14
A widely shared argument aimed at scientists and engineers: intelligence is not the biggest bottleneck in most of the world's problems. The implication is that execution, institutions, resources and distribution often constrain outcomes more than smarter models, so better AI alone won't automatically solve them.
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