Nick Bostrom

It has various constraints.

It has various constraints.

First and most obviously, it's kind of restricted in size, like it has to fit inside a cranium.

First and most obviously, it's kind of restricted in size, like it has to fit inside a cranium.

Whereas like AIs can run on arbitrarily large data centers, the size of warehouses are bigger, right?

Whereas like AIs can run on arbitrarily large data centers, the size of warehouses are bigger, right?

So just expand sort of spatially.

So just expand sort of spatially.

And also in terms of basic information processing, a human neuron operates on a time scale of maybe a hundred Hertz.

And also in terms of basic information processing, a human neuron operates on a time scale of maybe a hundred Hertz.

It can sort of fire a hundred times per second.

It can sort of fire a hundred times per second.

and give or take, whereas even a current day transistor can operate at gigahertz, so billions of times a second.

and give or take, whereas even a current day transistor can operate at gigahertz, so billions of times a second.

So there are various reasons to think that the ultimate limits to information processing with mature technology are just way beyond what biological human or other brains can achieve.

So there are various reasons to think that the ultimate limits to information processing with mature technology are just way beyond what biological human or other brains can achieve.

So ultimately, the potential for intelligent information processing in machine substrate could just vastly outstrip what biology is capable of.

So ultimately, the potential for intelligent information processing in machine substrate could just vastly outstrip what biology is capable of.

And I think if technological and scientific development is allowed to continue on a broad front, we will eventually reach there.

And I think if technological and scientific development is allowed to continue on a broad front, we will eventually reach there.