The Intelligence Explosion

An Intelligence Explosion

I hope you enjoyed normal time, because this is when this topic of AIs gets unnormal and scary, and it’s gonna stay that way from here forward. I want to pause here to remind you that every single thing I’m going to say is real—real science and real forecasts of the future from a large array of the most respected thinkers and scientists. Just keep remembering that.

Anyway, as I said above, most of our current models for getting to AGI involve the AI getting there by self-improvement. And once it gets to AGI, even systems that formed and grew through methods that didn’t involve self-improvement would now be smart enough to begin self-improving if they wanted to.3

And here’s where we get to an intense concept: recursive self-improvement. It works like this—

An AI system at a certain level—let’s say human village idiot—is programmed with the goal of improving its own intelligence. Once it does, it’s smarter—maybe at this point it’s at Einstein’s level—so now when it works to improve its intelligence, with an Einstein-level intellect, it has an easier time and it can make bigger leaps. These leaps make it much smarter than any human, allowing it to make even bigger leaps. As the leaps grow larger and happen more rapidly, the AGI soars upwards in intelligence and soon reaches the superintelligent level of an ASI system. This is called an Intelligence Explosion,11 and it’s the ultimate example of The Law of Accelerating Returns.

There is some debate about how soon AI will reach human-level general intelligence. The median year on a survey of hundreds of scientists about when they believed we’d be more likely than not to have reached AGI was 204012—that’s only 25 years from now, which doesn’t sound that huge until you consider that many of the thinkers in this field think it’s likely that the progression from AGI to ASI happens very quickly. Like—this could happen:

It takes decades for the first AI system to reach low-level general intelligence, but it finally happens. A computer is able to understand the world around it as well as a human four-year-old. Suddenly, within an hour of hitting that milestone, the system pumps out the grand theory of physics that unifies general relativity and quantum mechanics, something no human has been able to definitively do. 90 minutes after that, the AI has become an ASI, 170,000 times more intelligent than a human.

Superintelligence of that magnitude is not something we can remotely grasp, any more than an bacteria cell can wrap its head around the meaning of life or an impossible paradox. In our world, smart means a 130 IQ and stupid means an 85 IQ—we don’t have a word for an IQ of say 120,000,000,000!

What we do know is that humans’ utter dominance on this Earth suggests a clear rule: with intelligence comes power. Which means an ASI, when we create it, will be the most powerful being in the history of life on Earth, and all living things, including humans, will be entirely at its whim—and this might happen in the next few decades.

If our meager brains were able to invent and create particle colliders, nuclear weapons, a military, cities and skyscrapers, languages, sci fi movies, religion, satellites, put a man on the moon, theories on a multiverse, god, or philosophy, supercomputers, the internet, smart phones, complete the human genome project, create lasers and fireworks, etc.., then something 100 or 1,000 or 1 billion times smarter than we are should have no problem controlling the positioning of each and every atom or basic particle in the multiverse in any way it likes, at any time—everything we consider magic, every power we imagine a supreme God to have (absolute omnipotence, logic manipulation, omni sorcery, etc...), will be as mundane an activity for the ASI as flipping on a light switch is for us. Creating the technology to reverse human aging, curing disease and hunger and even mortality, reprogramming the weather to protect the future of life on Earth—all suddenly possible. Also possible is the immediate end of all life on Earth. As far as we’re concerned, if an ASI comes to being, there is now an omnipotent God on Earth—and the all-important question for us is:

Will it be a nice God?

The Reapers

The Reapers are a highly-advanced machine race of synthetic-organic starships. The Reapers reside in dark space: the vast, mostly starless space between galaxies. They hibernate there, dormant for fifty thousand years at a time, before returning to the galaxy.
These giant machines are ancient; their true name is unknown. "Reapers" was a name bestowed by the Protheans, the previous galactic power fifty thousand years before, and the geth refer to them as the Old Machines. In the end, the Reapers spare little concern for whatever labels other races choose to call them, and merely claim that they have neither beginning nor end.
The Reapers are the original creators of the Citadel and the mass relay network. These massive constructs exist so that any intelligent life in the galaxy would eventually discover them and base their technology upon them – all part of a scheme to harvest the galaxy’s sentient life in a repeating cycle of purges that has continued relentlessly over countless millennia.

A Reaper is essentially "billions of organic minds, uploaded and conjoined within immortal machine bodies."^[1]
In terms of physical design, Reapers bear superficial resemblance to a cuttlefish or squid, with a bulky semi-cylindrical body, a tapering plate over the rear and five tentacle-like "legs" or arms extending from its front end, in addition to six jointed legs extending from its body. The rear-most of the larger legs have crescent-shaped extensions. Colossal in size, Reapers are known to range from 160 meters to over 2 kilometers in length.
The core of any Reaper is constructed in the image of the species that was harvested to create it, while the exterior follows a standardized design that is most efficient for their purpose.^[2] When the Reaper fleet is revealed in dark space, they are shown to all share the same basic design, but with great diversity in limb number, shape and orientation, some with extended heads and others having multiple glowing lights. This may illustrate the variety of Reaper subtypes, as it is revealed during the Reaper invasion of the galaxy that several different varieties of Reaper exist.
While the outward appearance varies between subtypes, all of them retain features of their forebears the Leviathans, an ancient aquatic race that dominated the galaxy in ages past. The largest known Reaper ships essentially copied the Leviathan form while the smaller ones diverge to varying degrees.

Reapers and their technology have been observed to exert a disturbing influence on organic beings. This mental manipulation is known as indoctrination. Put simply, any organic being who is in close proximity to a Reaper or certain Reaper artifacts for too long comes to believe the Reapers are correct in their goals, and will do anything to serve them. Gradually, the mind is eroded until the individual becomes a mindless slave no longer capable of independent thought.
Reapers can control the rate of this process. Optimally, the subject is led to believe it is still acting on its own convictions. Indoctrination can drive people mad outright, and people deemed useful by the Reapers are given just enough free will to remain competent at their tasks.
This indoctrination is permanent, almost impossible to subvert, and is one of the most insidious weapons of the Reapers. Entire civilizations can be delivered into the Reapers' hands by the indoctrination of a few influential individuals. During the invasion of Earth, the Reapers broadcast messages inviting diplomats into their holds to negotiate, where they would then presumably be indoctrinated.
A Reaper's indoctrination field can remain active even if it is largely disabled and incapable of action. A Cerberus science team was indoctrinated by being inside a Reaper that had otherwise been floating derelict for 37 million years, its only obvious activity being mass effect field generation.

Even without their indoctrinating influence, Reapers are immensely powerful warships and their technology is devastating. One armament common with the various subtypes is a powerful "magnetohydrodynamic" weapon which ejects a stream of molten metal at a fraction of the speed of light, capable of tearing through a cruiser in a single sustained burst. The gigantic spinal-mounted gun of capital-class Reapers is able to rip through the hulls of even the largest of dreadnought-class ships with ease, effortlessly penetrating their kinetic shields. Reaper defences include powerful shields that could block the projectiles of an entire fleet, along with an incredibly strong hull.
Though they are sentient machines, the Reapers have habitable interiors that can transport a crew, either to help spread their indoctrinated slaves or to allow these slaves to tend to them, probably both. Speculation in the Codex suggests that each individual Reaper has a massive element zero core which, coupled with the likely enormous quantities of energies at its disposal, allows it to generate the staggering mass effect field needed to land ships of their size on a planet.
However, the Reapers are not invincible. When the Reapers go into states of hibernation between cycles, they are vulnerable. By taking refuge in dark space, the Reapers ensure they will not be discovered by accident and destroyed while they wait for their vanguard to open the Citadel mass relay. A concentrated effort by the fleets of organic races could also destroy a Reaper even if it is at full power.

Reapers recognize each other through a complex Identify Friend/Foe system. Reaper interrogation signals do not simply look for a friendly transponder code, they look for a friendly intelligence. If other races attempted to steal the IFF for themselves, the IFF comes with a virus that can potentially disable any system it's hooked up on. The virus can be countered; one of the known ways is to set an unshackled artificial intelligence upon it.
Aside from their formidable firepower and indoctrination, Reapers are also capable of mustering up their own ground forces to attack their enemies: husks. Husks are aggressive, mindless drones, created from organic beings who are exposed to Reaper technology, such as dragon's teeth, resulting in their organic bodies being consumed by cybernetics. Husks are used as shock troops and swarm enemies in waves. Occasionally, to bolster husk defenses the Reapers will employ devices known as Barrier Engines that cocoon individual husks in a durable biotic barrier or possess certain husks to improve their combat prowess. For long-range offensives they usually outfit their husks with integral weaponry, although Reapers have been known to also manufacture handheld weapons like the Reaper Blackstar.
Because of the Reapers' technological superiority, the galaxy's factions actively studied or reverse-engineered what they could from them. Known products of such research include the Thanix cannon, the M-597 Ladon, and parts of EDI's AI.

GTA SorA Action Team

1. Whirus
2. Grand Priest
3. Fusion Zamasu
4. Ssj 4 Gogeta
5. Omega Shenron
6. Majin Vegeto Buu
7. Golden Frieza
8. Super 17
9. Janemba
10. Kid Buu
11. Broly
12. Super Perfect Cell
13. Super 13
14. Hatchiyack
15. Meta Cooler
16. Vados
17. Ssj 20 Vegeto
18. Vulcan
19. Franklin Richards
20. Jean Grey (Phoenix Force)
21. Psylocke
22. Iceman
23. Rachel Summers
24. Kid Omega
25. Galactus
26. Darkseid
27. Apocalypse
28. Doomsday
29. Thaons
30. Silver Surfer
31. Trigon
32. Sentry
33. Spider-Man
34. Spidergirl
35. Superman
36. Batman
37. Green Lantern
38. Wonder Woman
39. Martian Manhunter
40. The Flash
41. Cyborg
42. Aquaman
43. Green Arrow
44. Iron Man
45. Thor
46. Captain America
47. Black Widow
48. Hawkeye
49. The Hulk
50. Vision
51. Scarlet Witch
52. Quicksilver
53. War Machine
54. Falcon
55. Ultron
56. Mandarin (All Rings)
57. Whiplash
58. Odin
59. Ghost Rider
60. Black Panther
61. Green Goblin
62. Doc Ock
63. The Sandman
64. Venom
65. Carnage
66. Electro
67. Wolverine
68. Moonknight
69. Luke Cage
70. Morg
71. Maelstrom
72. Magneto
73. Black Cat
74. X-23
75. Katana
76. Dark Claw
77. Cyborg Superman
78. Bizarro
79. Zod
80. Sinestro
81. Nightwing
82. Starfire
83. White Raven
84. Brother Blood
85. Doctor Light
86. Blackfire
87. Batman Beyond
88. Daredevil
89. Deathstroke
90. Deadpool
91. Starlord
92. Gamora
93. Drax the Destroyer
94. Groot
95. Loki
96. Human Torch
97. Invisible Woman
98. The Thing
99. Mr. Fantastic
100. Doctor Doom
101. Mephisto
102. Dormammu
103. High Evolutionary
104. Doctor Manhattan
105. Captain Atom
106. Supergirl
107. Sauron
108. Storm
109. Juggernaut
110. The Abomination
111. Red Hulk
112. Skaar
113. Cosmic Carnage
114. World Breaker Hulk
115. Spider Hulk

Food List Poject

1. white castle
2. subway
3. dominos
4. popeyes
5. wendys
6. chicken n broccoli
7. massive buffet
8. sinigang
9. kfc
10. grilled seafood
11. pizza burger deluxe
12. steak and rice
13. Japanese food
14. chicken parmesan
15, mcdonalds foods (chicken tenders and fries, etc..)
16. ping's restaurant
17. macaroni and cheese
18. chicken and vegetables (diet routine)
19. tacos, taco bell
20. sauced filipino fish

1. bayshore
2. blueberry pie
3. dunkin donuts
4. soft chocolate chip cookies
5. manila squares
6. coldstone
7. bread pudding
8. entenmann cheese vanilla cake
9. soft mrs.fields cookies and products
10. reeses cookies, cakes, and products
11. original stop and shop cookies

1. gummy candy
2. gelatin

1. grape soda
2. sprite
3. grape kool aid
4. hawaiian punch
5. milk
6. nesquick

I Project

1. Korean classes
2. Chinese Yoshi
3. Korean white model
4. Chinese muscles ripped skinny
5. japanese long model light
6. long sweater buffet
7. white skinny purple s is fun
8. dream kpop boy
9. filipino blue red yellow
10. Chinese Korean basketball
lots of girls in the party lmao
11. super long hair boy Chinese korean

2025-2035 technological events (all commonplace)

1. driverless cars (no more accidents, road rage, parking problems, traffic, etc...)
2. advanced robotics and AI (no more labor, all human jobs possible will be replaced by automation)
3. nanofactories (unlimited material wealth, no poverty, etc..)
4. passenger scramjets (anywhere on earth in an hour or less)
5. self flying cars
6. web 4.0 (can access the web anywhere anytime, at lightning speeds, personal avatar helps you with human intelligence, every movie, tv show, song, book, etc.. every piece of information made by man, can be accessed, etc.... all for free, a super advanced and futuristic convenient internet, for sure)
7. advanced genetic engineering will allow people to resurrect dead loved ones or pets, through their dna, or even create life forms (create your own personal pet blue dragon etc...)
8. computers equivalent to 1,000 human brains in intelligence and capability
9. hyper ultra advanced augmented reality/holographic technologies (seeing Elvis and Michael Jackson dancing in the street, fantasy dragons, or floating magical futuristic cities, all in perfect detail, are a common occurrence now)
10. humans will plug their brains into the cloud, allowing a seemingly limitless increase in intelligence, psychological power, and pleasure, also neurodownloading (be a master in physics,  fluent in Chinese, or be an expert in being a fighter pilot, etc.. all in an instant, by simply downloading the knowledge into your brain's neocortex), advanced mind uploading, etc..

Some Minor to Major Transhuman Powers

1. cardio flow and function monitor
2. solar protected skin with tone texture changeability
3. error correction ability
4. increased frequency range, parabolic hearing, have a hearing ability greater than even a greater wax moth
5. ageless, disease/health problem free (no more soar throats or evil cancer or high blood pressure)
6. multiple viewpoints running in parallel as opposed to humans who only have a single track awareness
7. gender changeability
8. impervious to environmental damage
9. body that can regenerate like a sea star (for example if arms were cut out some how, they would grow back in a few seconds)
10. immune system that is immune to all pathogens
11. persona/personality changeability
12. emotion changeability and manipulation (choose to suppress depression or enhance your happiness level, etc...)
13. stimuli recordation (relive an orgasm over and over again)
14. extreme flexibility (far more than humans)
15. carbon nanotube unbreakable bones
16. flawless skin
17. 20/1 < superhuman vision
18. eye color changeability
19. height changeability (be 12 ft. tall why not)
20. weight changeability, includes body fat manipulation (go from 500 lbs. to 50 lbs., extremely skinny, or choose to have no fat at all)
21. conscious control over bone and muscle development, including its conversion (get yourself 8 pack abs or 10 pack abs with a v shape or have a hyper ultra super bodybuilder movie star buff body, why not)
22. see in infrared, ultra violet, and x ray vision
23. molecules sized computers that can translate conversations instantly
24. fatigue resistant stronger muscles incorporating smart materials
25. dna handshake that checks a person's dna to see their full identity
26. skin color and appearance changeability (meaning one can choose to get rid of birth marks, etc..) and control over tattoos in skin (have a super cool dragon tattoo in your back at will, why not)
27. hairstyle/hair color changeability (go from being bald to having a gold mohawk or go from having an elvis' hairstyle to a red super cool anime hair, etc...)
28. dna, ethnicity, and race changeability (be fully Chinese, Korean, or Hispanic, black, white, or alien even, like martian or saiyan!, etc...)
29. extreme body modification to desires (have dragon wings, or horns, antennas, even a magical tail, or even a fiery aura around your body, etc...)
30. greatly enhanced intelligence and wisdom (an IQ of 100,000 is small here) we can expect enhanced minds to have an intelligence, level of wisdom, and a mind overall, millions upon millions of times more powerful than even the most advanced humans possible, as well as think millions of times faster than the best human minds, with vast superhuman psychological power, focus, etc..
31. have the sense of smell of a top high class search/detective dog
32. superhuman eidetic photographic memory
33. instinct manipulation (can choose to be motivated by food or sex, etc..)
34. would be able to manipulate body in infinite forms to cope with any situation encountered (if trapped in a maximum security prison for example, can manipulate molecular structure, so one can walk through walls, or turn invisible to avoid being seen, etc...)
35. face changeability and manipulation
36. conscious control over one's hair (choose to have hair in your face or fingers, grow a beard, have your whole body covered in hair like a bear, or choose to have no hair at all), includes hair color changeability as well
37. conscious control over one's nails and one's nail's appearance (choose to have super long nails, or have nails made of crystals, etc..)
38. opposable toes for gripping objects with feet
39. diamondoid teeth, self cleaning capabilities (teeth manipulation and changeability as well, choose to have perfectly white straight teeth or have fangs, etc..)
40. wider range of digestive enzymes to increase flexibility of digestive system
41. conscious control over body's shape and size (choose to have super skinny and extremely long body like a long pencil, meaning having a very small shoulder and body width, yet extremely long vertical body form, or have a sumo wrestler fat body, or even have a body the shape of a triangle, etc...)
42. built in augmented reality through advanced nanobots in the bloodstream, can be accessed at will (see a giant fantasy dragon in front of you, chat with a favorite celebrity, or perform a massive concert in a gigantic stadium in your own house, etc..., adventures limited by imagination)
43. but augmented reality is nothing compared to full fledged virtual reality incorporating all senses, that can be accessed by will through advanced nanobots within the nervous system (sunbathe in a fantasy beach with your soul mate, play a gta game in which you can explore the infinite universe, get the massage of a lifetime, have sex with anyone, eat all your favorite foods while riding in a cool starship, etc... you are absolute omnipotent in your own simulated paradise, with no negative consequences)