Actually, many of the examples you list would have huge problems scaling to a planet wide intelligence, but that’s a side issue.
The space in algorithm land in which practical universal intelligence lies requires high connectivity. It is not unique in this—many algorithms require this. Ultimately it can probably be derived back from the 3D structure of the universe itself.
Going from on-chip CPU access to off-chip Memory access to disk access to remote internet access is a series of massive exponential drops in bandwidth and related increases in latency which severely limit scalability of all big interesting distributed algorithms.
Actually, many of the examples you list would have huge problems scaling to a planet wide intelligence, but that’s a side issue.
The space in algorithm land in which practical universal intelligence lies requires high connectivity. It is not unique in this—many algorithms require this. Ultimately it can probably be derived back from the 3D structure of the universe itself.
Going from on-chip CPU access to off-chip Memory access to disk access to remote internet access is a series of massive exponential drops in bandwidth and related increases in latency which severely limit scalability of all big interesting distributed algorithms.