[ExI] Limiting factors of intelligence explosion speeds

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 07:26:30PM -0500, Richard Loosemore wrote:

> Back in the day, when the telephone system was just beginning to grow,  
> some people worried that THAT might wake up and become sentient.

Of course an exaflop cluster is exactly the same thing as an
abacus.

> I think you should be worried about all those telephone wires, you know.

Logic is a pretty flower that smells bad.

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