Intelligence is not the main bottleneck - by Ruxandra Teslo
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Confessions of a naive hamster: why the smartest people in the room keep missing that intelligence is often not the main bottleneck in the real world
Intelligence is not the main bottleneck Confessions of a naive hamster: why the smartest people in the room keep missing that intelligence is often not the main bottleneck in the real world Ruxandra Teslo Jul 21, 2026 274 54 60 Share Edit: It has been brought up to my attention that not everyone in SF believes this stuff (that AGI will solve everything). I think some people certainly do and the conversation that begins the article for example is verbatim. My post refers to a core scene that holds quite quite a bit of sway over the discourse and policies. At a recent dinner, someone from an AI
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