Re: Post Singularity Earth

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sun May 12 2002 - 13:03:56 MDT


"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
>
> On Sun, 12 May 2002, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
> > But there seems to be a degenerate state of organization in mature
> > (several iterations after passage of the first pioneer wave) stellar
> > systems. If all the atoms are caught up in a food web, and you've
> > maximized the utilizable energy flux at maximum bitrate and the magic
> > physics grapes hang too high, what else do you do?
>
> If you are scientifically inclined you explore the nano-construction
> phase space. I think that is much bigger than most people grasp.
> If you artistically inclined I think you invent new art until it
> becomes uninteresting. Other than that I think you hit the suspend
> button until your protons decay.

You have fun: http://sysopmind.com/essays/funtheory.html

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence



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