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Re:The impossibility of intelligence explosion by visarga on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @07:01AM (#15796424)
Faster, yes, not exponentially faster. With a thousand times more scientists you don't improve the speed of discovery 1000x.
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Re:The impossibility of intelligence explosion by daveguy on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:15PM (#15799159)
Excellent point. On the contrary. You don't even improve it +1000. If you are lucky you improve it +log(1000).
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