[ExI] Intelligence inside a black hole

[Kelly Anderson]

I recently learned that if the rotational energy of a black hole is
large enough, that the center of the black hole isn't a point, but
rather a doughnut shaped spinning mass of extremely densely packed
neutrons (and I suppose other matter). I wonder if it is theoretically
possible to configure such matter into computronium of some sort. The
advantage of such an environment would be that since the speed of
light limits computational speed in normal matter, with the smaller
spaces between elements inside a black hole, the computation could
theoretically be billions of times faster. The disadvantage of course
is that there would be no way (under current theory) of communicating
back out of the black hole.

Time inside a black hole is weird, so would that cancel or enhance the
advantages of such a configuration? And would the time warp really
matter since the size of the observable universe would shrink to the
space within the event horizon? Or would it? Maybe you can see out of
a black hole, but not in??

Final question, would there remain usable energy inside the black hole
longer than in the rest of the universe? Could this be the last escape
pod for intelligent life?

-Kelly