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From: brian@caen.engin.umich.edu (Brian Holtz)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: "Infinite intelligence"?
Summary: Let's not get carried away.
Keywords: Intelligence
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Date: 2 Nov 88 23:08:00 GMT
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Organization: U of M Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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In article <3802@cs.utexas.edu>, berleant@cs.utexas.edu (Dan Berleant) writes:
> 
> we can then create a machine of infinite intelligence! Think
> about it...


What precisely would "infinite" intelligence be?  It has been
argued (from quantum mechanical grounds) that nothing can process
more than 2*10^47 bits per gram of its mass per second; this limit
would take the quantitative wind out of the sails of any argument for an
"infinite" intelligence.

Brian Holtz