[ExI] Limiting factor to the Intelligence Singularity?

[Adrian Tymes]

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024, 5:50 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> A civilization that uploads themselves to live for a million years in a
> virtual heaven could do so, and run for eons on a reversible computer which
> no one needs read. They have all their experiences within that computer,
> with no minimum amount of energy required to sustain it.
>

Where does the energy to run this come from?  What happens when those in
the computer wish to interact with this source, to make sure that energy
flow - and thus, their existence - continues?

Also, what happens when they interact with each other within the computer?
If everything is reversible, then nothing is permanent: there can be no
memory, no learning, that can not be taken away by undoing (simulated)
time.  Who decides what and when to reverse - and is their experience of
having done so, itself reversed?

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