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hypothesis:digital-minds-with-humanlike-capabilities-could-think-at-least-thousands-of-times-and-perhaps-millions-of-times-faster-than-humans-given-sufficient-hardwareDigital minds with humanlike capabilities could think at least thousands of times, and perhaps millions of times, faster than humans given sufficient hardware
Grounds the subjective speed dimension of super-beneficiary status
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- Subjective SpeedsupportsThe ability of digital minds to think thousands to millions of times faster than humans due to hardware clock speeds exceeding neural firing rates
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- Central research question motivating the entire paper
- The paper's central empirical-philosophical thesis synthesizing nine paths
- The ease and speed of exact reproduction of software, enabling exponential population growth of digital minds