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But even if the first AGI does end up perfectly simulating a human (which seems somewhat unlikely), a human given the ability to think really fast and direct access to huge amounts of data without being slowed down by actually using their eyes to read and hands to type would still be dangerously powerful


Assuming they don't drown in the information overload and they don't take in any kind of garbage we also put out there.

We also have some pharmaceutical tricks to tweak up processing capabilities of the mind, so there's potentially no need to simulate. The capabilities of the big ball of sentient goop have not been plumbed yet.

Now imagine a technology that could obviate the need for sleep or maybe make it useful and productive.


As Cicero said of Caesar, "the wariness and energy of that bogeyman are terrifying."




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