The Limits of Language Are the Limits of Superintelligence: Why Large Language Models Can Traverse but Not Expand the Space of the Thinkable
Preprint · Version 1 · September 2026 · Not peer reviewed If the limits of language are the limits of the thinkable, then the possibility of linguistic superintelligence depends on whether a system can expand its own language. This paper argues that large language models (LLMs) cannot do so in a closed regime. We intro...