Morendil comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 16 August 2010 06:44:47PM 4 points [-]

in the real world, I imagine that the AI would have to work hard to obtain a sizable amount of physical resources

I suggest you Google the word "botnet". It isn't particularly hard for human-level intelligences to gain access to substantial computing power for selfish purposes.

Comment author: cata 16 August 2010 06:46:46PM 1 point [-]

Point taken.