den Otter writes:
>Bigger is better. Tiny microbe-like posthumans don't
>stand a chance against a jupiter brain, neither
>physically nor intellectually.
But the better question is how that jupiter brain competes against a group of tiny posthumans that cost the same total amount. Since jupiter is 10^30gms, the jupiter brain might compete against 10^30 gram sized posthumans.
Robin Hanson
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