[ExI] Fermi Paradox and Transcension

[Stefano Vaj]

On 13 September 2012 05:32, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> I have no way of knowing if such a thing would ever simulate intelligence,
> but I do have a way of knowing the alternative: a dead rock does not
> simulate anything.
>

If you believe in the Principle of Computational Equivalence, almost
everything - that is, everything which is beyond a very low complexity
threshold much below that of any single PC - can emulate anything else, the
only issue being that of the relative performance in the execution of a
given programme.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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