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How Skynet Might Emerge From Simple Physics

A provocative paper from 2013 proposed that complex intelligent behaviour may emerge from a fundamentally simple physical process. The theory offers novel prescriptions for how to build an AI — but it also explains how a world-dominating superintelligence might come about, such as the Terminator franchise’s Skynet system. And on this day, 25 years on from the release of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, we thought it appropriate to revisit this novel, slightly unsettling thesis.

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How Skynet Might Emerge From Simple Physics was originally published on iSeeTech

How Skynet Might Emerge From Simple Physics was originally published on iSeeTech

How Skynet Might Emerge From Simple Physics was originally published on iSeeTech

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We have better battery technologies, but not better batteries. Here’s why was originally published on iSeeTech

We have better battery technologies, but not better batteries. Here’s why was originally published on iSeeTech

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