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It would still exist in the same universe subject to the same laws of thermodynamics, and would still extract energy from fusion stars in a way that leaves an u
by garmaine 6y ago
It would still exist in the same universe subject to the same laws of thermodynamics, and would still extract energy from fusion stars in a way that leaves an unmistakable technology signature.
- cgriswald 6y agoIt would be subject to the same laws, barring novel physics (like extracting energy from dark matter or some other process we don't yet understand). But a single AI could be smarter than 10 billion humans and consume less energy, need less space, and not care about expanding out into the stars. They could coast around their host star indefinitely and when they eventually needed to leave (which could be never), they could store energy and make a long, slow trek to another star. Imagine trying to find an asteroid-sized object in interstellar space.