A historical analogy could be the invention of computer by Charles Babbage, who couldn’t build a working prototype because the technology of his era did not all allow precision necessary for the components.
The superintelligence could build its own factories, but that would require more time, more action in real world that people might notice, the factory might require some unusual components or raw materials in unusual quantities; some components might even require their own specialized factory, etc.
I wonder, if humanity ever gets to the “can make simulations of our ancestors” phase, whether it will be a popular hobby to do “speedruns” of technological explosion. Like, in the simulation you start as a certain historical character, and your goal is to bring the Singularity or land on Proxima Centauri as soon as possible. You have an access to all technological knowledge of the future (e.g. if you close your eyes, you can read the Wikipedia as of year 2500), but you need to build everything using the resources available in the simulation.
The superintelligence could build its own factories, but that would require more time, more action in real world that people might notice, the factory might require some unusual components or raw materials in unusual quantities; some components might even require their own specialized factory, etc.
People who consider this a serious difficulty are living on a way more competent planet than mine. Even if RearAdmiralAI needed to build new factories or procure exotic materials to defeat humans in a martial conflict, who do you expect to notice or raise the alarm? No monkeys are losing their status in this story until the very end.
A historical analogy could be the invention of computer by Charles Babbage, who couldn’t build a working prototype because the technology of his era did not all allow precision necessary for the components.
The superintelligence could build its own factories, but that would require more time, more action in real world that people might notice, the factory might require some unusual components or raw materials in unusual quantities; some components might even require their own specialized factory, etc.
I wonder, if humanity ever gets to the “can make simulations of our ancestors” phase, whether it will be a popular hobby to do “speedruns” of technological explosion. Like, in the simulation you start as a certain historical character, and your goal is to bring the Singularity or land on Proxima Centauri as soon as possible. You have an access to all technological knowledge of the future (e.g. if you close your eyes, you can read the Wikipedia as of year 2500), but you need to build everything using the resources available in the simulation.
People who consider this a serious difficulty are living on a way more competent planet than mine. Even if RearAdmiralAI needed to build new factories or procure exotic materials to defeat humans in a martial conflict, who do you expect to notice or raise the alarm? No monkeys are losing their status in this story until the very end.
The Babbage example is the perfect one. Thank you, I will use it