[extropy-chat] Not necessary smarter, just faster?

[Anne-Marie Taylor]

Richard Loosemore from the sl4 list posted:
  >For example: suppose we could build minds that simply worked at a 
  >million times the speed of our own (not necessary smarter, just faster). 
  >That would mean that one of these minds could achieve everything that 
  >Einstein did in his entire career in about 10 minutes. A billion times faster machine 
  >could do all of that in half a minute. 
   
  Even if a super computer mind could remember every last detail, equation, word or 
  scenerio at a million times the speed of our own, how would it be able to come up 
  with Einstein theories?
   
  I imagine it would be educated but could it be creative, if the only thing it could do is 
  think faster?  
   
  If it is not necessary for it to be smarter then wouldn't it be like putting 
  wikipedia in someones mind?
   
  Sorry I just don't understand the "not 
necessary smarter, just faster".
   
  Either I don't understand or i'm missing something.
  Any clarification would be helpful.
Thanks 
Anna
   
  
 

		
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