…[t]his is thoughtful, fascinating, insightful details into a theoretical realm of possibility that should excite every living person on the planet. What a trip, just to consider the subjective time-dilation increased mental processing speed would engender; that near light-speed travel might feel to an AI what air travel does to me and you gives me chills.
This is what I mean when I call Superintelligence an impressive feat; I cannot name another book that spits out so much irksome social theory that I would still recommend without caveat. The chains of logic are so clear and smart; it crafts a space to dislike the premise yet love the process. And—as the book itself makes clear—it may believe what it posits, but it doesn’t need you to; Superintelligence just wants people to start talking about the issue.
