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You could also have nation states express the supremacy of their computing power through Beatcoins(tm). sha256(my_awesome_nonce) where the bit pattern of the o
by jancsika 9y ago
You could also have nation states express the supremacy of their computing power through Beatcoins(tm).
sha256(my_awesome_nonce) where the bit pattern of the output is the sixteenth-note rhythms of the melody from the beginning of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth. (zero = note off, one = note on)
So instead of going to war, China, U.S. and Russia sign their awesome nonces and we see which one ends up with the most Beethoven in their output. The winner wins the war.
- tomsmeding 9y agoThis would be an awesome way to "wage war". I fear that it isn't cool enough for people, but it sure would be interesting. Next question: once they have that cpmputational power, if they stop using it to encode Beethoven, what would they be able to compute? I don't believe that general AI will arrive soon, but it would he interesting to see the possibilities.