RE: [sl4] I am a Singularitian who does not believe in the Singularity.

From: John K Clark (johnkclark@fastmail.fm)
Date: Mon Oct 12 2009 - 22:13:47 MDT


On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 "Bradley Thomas" <brad36@gmail.com>said:

> Isn't any finite algorithm bound to return to the same state eventually?

No. The algorithm that produces the digits of Pi is finite but it will
never return to its original state.

 John K Clark

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