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That’s a pretty enormous handwave.
by rsanheim 2y ago
That’s a pretty enormous handwave.
- ben_w 2y agoIf it wasn't, it would've already happened.
- jodrellblank 2y agoIt is, but it isn't once we're already handwaving "superintelligence". Problem with funding a new fab or new power stations? It can invent a thing worth a lot of money, or out-gamble, or swindle or steal it. Problem with getting things done? It can pay people lots of money to do them. That covers a huge number of cases of geting from "here" to "there" if such a path is possible at all.