At the Speed of Thought

Imagining Superintelligence through Light-Speed Brain Processing

"Could you copy a brain?"

This is the very question that led me to a profound realization about the inevitable emergence of superintelligence. As with many speculative topics, it all hinges on the boundaries set by the laws of physics. Many physicists assert that if something doesn't breach these laws, eventually, it will be achieved by humanity (or our AI successors).

So far, physicists are looking pretty good with this prediction. We just keep figuring out things that can theoretically be done, like quantum teleportation or even quantum levitation.

So, for today, I want you to picture this: what if our thoughts, instead of being carried by the sluggish speed of neurochemical reactions, traveled at the speed of light? It's an awe-inspiring leap: a brain capable of processing information roughly 600 million times faster.

Your neurons, as impressively efficient as they are, only allow information to travel at a top speed of about 268 miles per hour. Light, on the other hand, travels at …