Why a million abstract-thinking AIs won't master rocket design: the tacit knowledge argument
binarybits · x · 2026-10-12
In a debate on AI capability limits, binarybits argues that knowledge's heterogeneity is underestimated: understanding rocket design practically requires working at SpaceX or a handful of peers. A million AIs reasoning abstractly about rockets won't advance rocketry much, and agents absorb far less tacit knowledge than on-the-job experience provides.
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