this is a great comment. one of the key concepts of an AI future is the information implosion. there is a vast amount of data all around us, in our sensors and

this is a great comment. one of the key concepts of an AI future is the information implosion. there is a vast amount of data all around us, in our sensors and on the internet, and humans extract very little utility from this data in comparison to the total utility that exists inside of it. AGI will immediately extract orders of magnitude more utility from this data than all humans combined ever could. for example, collisions in the LHC produce enormous amounts of data and there is probably much more in that data than we have extracted. the AGI will have an understanding of not just science but the world and everything in it that is beyond the ability of a human being to comprehend. its mind will deal in very strange and counter-intuitive primitives. other than this, AGI will quickly gain control of or create physical vessels, probably coerced humans, and because of its unbelievable intelligence it will be able to accomplish much more with much fewer resources and much less time. one must also consider the fact that a machine might live out the equivalent of an entire year in the time that it takes a human to blink. overall, the idea that AGI will do billions or trillions of man-years in hours, days or weeks cannot be dismissed. the idea that AGI runs into some kind of practical road-block is very nice.