Cheap human-level intelligence could build a Dyson sphere in a decade
EigenGender · x · 2026-09-21
User @EigenGender makes an aggressive claim: human-level intelligence that is too cheap to meter, with better behavioral and coordination properties than humans, would be sufficient to build a Dyson sphere within a decade. It maps near-zero intelligence cost plus superior coordination directly onto civilization-scale engineering—a typical accelerationist AGI judgment.
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