[extropy-chat] Taiwan

[Dirk Bruere]

Eugen Leitl wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:09:56PM -0500, Dan Clemmensen wrote:
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>>Why is this Extropian? The Taiwanese fabs are at the leading edge of 
>>Moore's law.
>>Even if we don't make a nanotech breakthrough, Moore's law will take us to
>>the singularity within 15 years (a factor of 1000.) Yes, Moore's Law is 
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>Do you have a specific scenario, suggesting how exactly Moore (assuming, it
>will hold up for the next 15 years) will result in the Singularity?
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Looking at what's being cooked up in the labs now leads me to believe 
that Moore's Law (approximately) will continue beyond 15yrs.
Anyway, at its crudest one could take a Human brain, slice it submicron 
thin, map all its neurons/axions etc and use that in a simulation. That 
would take quite a bit of computer power.

-- 
Dirk

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