From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Fri Aug 13 1999 - 16:06:13 MDT
Anthony Garcia <agarcia@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> writes:
> Question: where did the phrase "Jupiter-sized brain" arise? I recall
> first seeing it used by Perry Metzger. Does anyone have another
> pointer to it?
I think the origin traces back to Keith Henson's idea of converting
the mass of Jupiter into computing resources to run versions of
himself ("In the future, 9 out of 10 people will be Keith" :-). Later
the Jupiter-brain idea has been discussed on and off in transhumanist
circles.
I guess Stapledon was the first author to suggest a planet-sized mind,
but then again, he was first with a lot of things.
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