> once almost-as-intelligent-as-a-human level is reached the next step is not that far fetched - quantity, multiple times faster than humans learning and we have progression on a different scale.
But this doesn't necessarily follow. The experience of a mind working at a higher speed will be a slowing down of time -- imagine what you'd do if time slowed down. The machine will not necessarily learn more (we might have a limit of how much we can learn), and will probably experience boredom and frustration (as everything around it will be slow) that might drive it crazy.
But this doesn't necessarily follow. The experience of a mind working at a higher speed will be a slowing down of time -- imagine what you'd do if time slowed down. The machine will not necessarily learn more (we might have a limit of how much we can learn), and will probably experience boredom and frustration (as everything around it will be slow) that might drive it crazy.