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Manfred comments on What if Strong AI is just not possible? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Manfred 02 January 2014 04:35:46AM *  3 points [-]

You could have a story where the main character are intelligences already operating near the physical limits of their universe. It's simply too hard to gather the raw materials to build a bigger brain.