Intelligence is a Shape, Not a Scalar

Chollet says the intelligence ball is near-optimal. NFL says the bound is niche-specific. The bottleneck that makes us smart is the same bottleneck that prevents us from grokking what we build.

https://metafunctor.com/post/2026-04-05-intelligence-is-a-shape-not-a-scalar/

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Intelligence is a Shape, Not a Scalar

Chollet says the intelligence ball is near-optimal. NFL says the bound is niche-specific. The bottleneck that makes us smart is the same bottleneck that prevents us from grokking what we build.

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