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Re:Quantum Error Correction Goes FOOM by sparedwhistle on Thursday December 25, 2025 @06:46AM (#46383823)
What the hell is FOOM?
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Re:Quantum Error Correction Goes FOOM by MattPalmer1086 on Thursday December 25, 2025 @06:53AM (#46383847)
Usually refers to a sudden increase in AI intelligence to super intelligence, i.e. the singularity. Basically an exponential increase in capability.
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Re:Quantum Error Correction Goes FOOM by austinjp on Thursday December 25, 2025 @11:30AM (#46385356)
It may also be a reference to the (comparatively ancient) "Pentium go F00F" bug.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_F00F_bug

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Re:Quantum Error Correction Goes FOOM by nineteen999 on Friday December 26, 2025 @04:01AM (#46390443)
Usually? How many times has that happened?
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Re:Quantum Error Correction Goes FOOM by AlexCoventry on Thursday December 25, 2025 @11:36AM (#46385397)
Explosive ignition of a fire.
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Re:Quantum Error Correction Goes FOOM by cubefox on Thursday December 25, 2025 @12:33PM (#46385809)
It was Yudkowsky's colloquial term for hard takeoff:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tjH8XPxAnr6JRbh7k/hard-takeo...

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Re:Quantum Error Correction Goes FOOM by layer8 on Thursday December 25, 2025 @03:55PM (#46386983)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foom#English
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