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Machine Intelligence Vs Megastructures

Abstract Any technologically advanced civilization will face the question what path to choose for its future development as even seemingly indefinite resources are not enough to be split. The main paths I describe are building habitable environments for an increased population and expansion in space outside of the native world or to accept and develop a transformation from biological life forms towards that of corresponding mechanical ones while keeping the natural intelligence and further developing it, including curiosity towards exploring science and space. The latter probably cannot be done by biological life forms due to limitations in life span, among other things. Machine intelligence is not restricted by time and surroundings in the same way. Even if a civilization achieves a level where it may have unlimited resources at its disposal, those resources become limited when split. “Unlimited resources are still limited when split!” My argument is that facing this choice, machine intelligence will become the path of choice. The assumption is also that intelligent machines are self-conscious just as intelligent biological life-forms.

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