It's impossible to get this analogy out of my head now that I've read it. In the eyes of a "speed superintelligence," our movements and thoughts will look like a slow-motion "comet silently gliding through space" (excerpt from Bostrom’s Superintelligence).

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*cup drops*
"It's ok, I've already ordered you a replacement"

That’s how we look to flies when we try to swat them (impossible)

small point but showing this speed gap is something Martha Wells does nicely and often in the Murderbot novellas 💨

Profound, will be stuck with me now as well. Thanks for sharing 🙏