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The Impossibility of Supersized Machines (2017)


In recent years, a number of prominent computer scientists, along with academics in fields such as philosophy and physics, have lent credence to the notion that machines may one day become as large as humans. Many have further argued that machines could even come to exceed human size by a significant margin. However, there are at least seven distinct arguments that preclude this outcome. We show that it is not only implausible that machines will ever exceed human size, but in fact impossible.

View a PDF of the paper titled On the Impossibility of Supersized Machines, by Ben Garfinkel and 8 other authors View PDF Abstract:In recent years, a number of prominent computer scientists, along with academics in fields such as philosophy and physics, have lent credence to the notion that machines may one day become as large as humans. From: Carrick Flynn [ view email][v1] Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:14:39 UTC (17 KB)

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