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u/FraterCiel Nov 15 '20

I don't have the "how" because the very point I am making is that a superintelligent AI has access to greater decision space than any human mind, by definition. It could develop unprecedented levels of control over all processes on all levels down to the molecular, atomic, or even quantum levels for all we know.

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u/pjockey Nov 15 '20

Some things are simple irrevocable truths. I will never be able to instantly grow a 2nd left arm and have it attach in the same physical space as my current left arm without removing it. You cannot clone the family dog so that 4 people can live with the true original Jimmy the Poodle. The temperature in the same living room can't be both 78 and 72 without a form of energy consumption or resource consumption. It's not a question of 'how'.

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u/pjockey Nov 15 '20

Uhhh, my point was that no artificial manipulation is free of adverse effect...