Does intelligence need a hard cap?

The Flat Curve Society

Hi-ho, we’ve reached the moment, in this movie we’re all watching together on X, where model intelligence has become dangerous. Dario…

Opinion | Can You Get Smarter? (Published 2015)

There is much that you can do to keep cognitively sharp.

How ‘Jagged Intelligence’ Can Reframe the A.I. Debate

A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.

Prime Intellect on Twitter / X

Announcing our $130M Series A to build the Open Superintelligence StackLed by Radical Ventures, with NVIDIA, Intel Capital, Dell Capital, and existing investorsTrain, deploy, and continuously improve your own models using our stack.Own your intelligence. pic.twitter.com/BM31LfVUNQ— Prime Intellect (@PrimeIntellect) July 8, 2026

How Elon Musk’s X Shapes the AI Boom

Like it or not, the artificial-intelligence race is playing out on X. That fact has some big implications.

Anthropic's AI downgrade stings power users

Claude Code creator says the model defaults to medium effort to balance intelligence with speed.

How Focus Became More Valuable Than Intelligence

This may be the most important problem of our lifetime.

Too Much Is Happening Too Fast

The AI boom is meant to overwhelm you.

The Future of Meta Superintelligence: A 1 Year Progress Update

A top tier RL environment startup spawns out of thin air, the most aggressive compute ramp we've ever seen, 2000km+ scale-across, and some advice for Google DeepMind

Ok, when I did my weak signal analysis back in 2014 to identify points of industrialisation (points of war in the peace, war and wonder cycle), I had intelligent agents really kicking off (i.e… | Simon Wardley | 14 comments

Ok, when I did my weak signal analysis back in 2014 to identify points of industrialisation (points of war in the peace, war and wonder cycle), I had intelligent agents really kicking off (i.e. industrialising) circa 2030 to 2035 (we're close but not there yet) and the biological manufacturing elements along with the start of SpimeScript (the really big change that's going to make AI look like chicken feed) circa 2035. This is worth keeping an eye on - https://lnkd.in/eXce8JVj At some point I should run that weak signal analysis again but then again it takes about half a year of effort. Maybe when I'm retired. | 14 comments on LinkedIn

Is AI the next Dumbwaiter?

The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.

Peter Wildeford🇺🇸🚀 on Twitter / X

Great to see @tristanharris talking on his podcast about recursive self-improvement. Here's how his guest, Tim Fist, puts it -- "Over the last few months we've had all three of the leading US AI labs say that having the option for a global slowdown or pause in AI development is… https://t.co/s5UURtkEjQ— Peter Wildeford🇺🇸🚀 (@peterwildeford) June 21, 2026

Horses

AI progress is steady. Human equivalence is sudden.

Alex Imas on Twitter / X

Intelligence is not enough to flourish. You need intelligence and well-functioning economic institutions. Even as AI capabilities continue to massively improve, if they are confronted by sclerotic, inefficient, and outdated institutions, they will do far less for prosperity than… https://t.co/0ZhscpPypH— Alex Imas (@alexolegimas) August 9, 2026

Is AI the next Dumbwaiter? — Douglas Rushkoff

The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.