ABSTRACT
Signals within computers typically travel at 200 million metres per second – well over half the speed of light. By using the faster signalling speeds available to computers than to brains, a brain emulation artificial general intelligence (AGI) could operate two million times faster than a human. If the first AGI is brain emulation, it might well start out running at the same speed as the human brain it was modelled on. Whether the first AGI is developed by building on narrow artificial intelligence (AI), once it has been developed, its creators can run experiments, varying parts or all of its architecture. Once the first AGI is created, its intelligence could be expanded by adding extra hardware in a way that is sadly impossible for human brains. Progress towards superintelligence is determined by the effort put in divided by the factors that slow it down.
