Debating Chollet: no reason humans sit near any theoretical optimality bound for intelligence
menhguin · x · 2026-10-31
menhguin pushes back on François Chollet's analogy that human intelligence sits near a theoretical optimality bound: there is no specific reason humans are anywhere near it — nothing prevents a von Neumann from being the species average, with another von-Neumann-level genius emerging in that same population. The exchange is part of a broader debate on how much headroom remains for intelligence gains.
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