Vladimir_Nesov comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 07 January 2010 01:24:29PM 0 points [-]

Obviously he didn't solve the problem. The first digital computer had just been constructed, what would you expect?

The FAI problem has nothing to do with digital computers. It's a math problem. You'd only need digital computers after you've solved the problem, to implement the solution.