The speaker argues that recursive self-improvement relies on two problematic assumptions: intelligence is a single-valued trait, and intelligence can be equated with or is directly proportional to computational power.

“I think that it's predicated in an idea.”

“uh like two two problematic ideas right uh both of which we've already talked about the idea that intelligence is like a single valued thing and the idea that intelligence is something that you can equate with or is directly proportional to computational power of some kind i don't think that either of those things are true um and and more generally yeah i i think”