[extropy-chat] Fundamental limits on the growth rate ofsuperintelligences

[Robert Bradbury]

On 2/14/06, Dirk Bruere <dirk.bruere at gmail.com> wrote:

> The kind of 'petty' superintelligence that only requires a puny 1MW of
> power utilised as efficiently as the Human brain would yield an intelligence
> some 10,000x greater than Human. IMO just a factor of 10 could prove
> exceedingly dangerous, let alone 10,000
>
> And such an intelligence is going to be able to provide very significant
> incentives for it's 'owners' not to pull any plugs.
>

Point granted.  I'm going to have to think about this some more.

R.
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