If there’s some big object, then it’s quite possible for it to diminish into a large number of similar obstacles, and I’d agree this is where most obstacles come from, to the point where it seems reasonable to say that intelligence can handle almost all obstacles.
However, my assertion wasn’t that intelligence cannot handle almost all obstacles, it was that consequentialism can’t convert intelligence into powerful agency. It’s enough for there to be rare powerful obstacles in order for this to fail.
If there’s some big object, then it’s quite possible for it to diminish into a large number of similar obstacles, and I’d agree this is where most obstacles come from, to the point where it seems reasonable to say that intelligence can handle almost all obstacles.
However, my assertion wasn’t that intelligence cannot handle almost all obstacles, it was that consequentialism can’t convert intelligence into powerful agency. It’s enough for there to be rare powerful obstacles in order for this to fail.