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linkhyrule5 comments on Open thread, July 29-August 4, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: linkhyrule5 03 August 2013 12:32:34AM 1 point [-]

Point granted.

... and once an FAI has sent out probes to claim territory anyway, it loses nothing by making those probes nanotech with a copy of the FAI loaded on it, so we would indeed expect to see lightspeed expansions of FAI-controlled civilizations. Fair enough, then.