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

From: Bradley Thomas (brad36@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 13 2009 - 11:36:49 MDT


Sure, but can this be done with finite memory?

Brad Thomas
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From: owner-sl4@sl4.org [mailto:owner-sl4@sl4.org] On Behalf Of John K Clark
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Subject: RE: [sl4] I am a Singularitian who does not believe in the
Singularity.

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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