[ExI] Computer power needed for AGI [WAS Re: Hard Takeoff-money]

[Stefano Vaj]

On 16 November 2010 18:41, Richard Loosemore <rpwl at lightlink.com> wrote:

> In my case, I have done such estimates in the past, and the required
> HARDWARE capacity comes out at roughly the hardware capacity of a late
> 1980s-era supercomputer....


Mmhhh, I believe that the question, unless some target level of performance
is specified, is meaningless.

I suspect that any universal computing device, including a cellular
automaton or a mechanical Babbage difference engine (or perhaps even a
Chinese room!),  would do just fine.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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