From: Ziana Astralos (ziana@extrotech.net)
Date: Sun May 12 2002 - 14:12:39 MDT
On Sun 12 May 2002 Lee Corbin <lcorbin@tsoft.com>:
> ...
> First, would someone define computronium?
> ...
>From http://www.extropy.org/ideas/lextropicon.html :
"Computronium : Matter that has been transformed from its natural state into a
computer of the maximum physically achievable efficiency. (An Extropian might
argue that this is matter's "natural state".) What constitutes "computronium"
varies with the level of postulated technology; a rod-logic nanocomputer is
probably too primitive, since the basic elements consist of hundreds or
thousands of atoms. More likely forms of computronium include three-dimensional
quantum cellular automata, or exotic forms of matter such as neutronium,
Higgsium, and monopolium. [Definition by Eliezer Yudkowsky]"
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