Grok and ChatGPT agree intelligence has limits; author predicts peak by 2030
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-11-06
The author probes Grok and ChatGPT on whether intelligence has a ceiling, and both concur. Grok: physical laws (energy, mass, information density, communication speed) bound computation, while combinatorial explosions, computational irreducibility, and information-theoretic limits mean extra resources eventually stop helping — the limit is a landscape of peaks per problem class, not a single number. ChatGPT: agrees, adding diminishing returns should arrive well before physical limits. The author notes SI models still default to expert consensus on prediction (experts rarely discuss intelligence ceilings) and predicts maximum intelligence will be reached by 2030.
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