[ExI] Limiting factors of intelligence explosion speeds

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 05:23:15PM -0800, spike wrote:
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> ... On Behalf Of Eugen Leitl
> ...
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> >> ... human level of thinking and creativity would be more effective if it
> were happening (say) a thousand times faster than it does now.
> 
> >...Run a dog for a gigayear, still no general relativity... Eugen
> 
> Hmmm that's a strong claim.  The common ancestor of humans and dogs are less
> than a tenth of a gigayear back.  That was enough time to evolve both modern
> dogs and beasts capable of discovering general relativity.  

No evolution. Just your generic pack of Fidos for a gigayear.
 
> If you meant running a dog under conditions that disallow genetic drift,
> that might have missed the point of speeding up the sim.

He said  "... human level of thinking and creativity would be more effective if it
were happening (say) a thousand times faster than it does now"
which sounds as he excluded evolution. 

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