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-13 Post author: aberglas 29 September 2014 08:52AM

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Comment author: aberglas 02 October 2014 01:51:42AM 1 point [-]

Indeed, and that is perhaps the most important point. Is it really possible to have just one monolithic AGI? Or would by its nature end up with multiple, slightly different AGIs? The latter would be necessary for natural selection.

As to whether spawned AGIs are "children", that is a good question.