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Kaj_Sotala comments on Superintelligence fiction - "Understand", by Ted Chiang - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 08 October 2013 06:21:16PM 2 points [-]

Thanks, nice story.

My reaction was somewhat opposite to what the others described: I thought the beginning was a somewhat generic and implausible brand of superintelligence porn, but the end was cool. Mostly I enjoyed the way a "conversation" and battle between superintelligences was depicted, and the attacks and countermeasures were rather cool.