Computronium

From the SL4 Lexicon:

computronium:

Matter that has been transformed from its natural state into an optimized, maximally efficient computer. What constitutes "computronium" varies with the level of postulated technology. A Rod Logic nanocomputer is probably too primitive to qualify as computronium, since large molecular aggregates (hundreds or thousands of atoms) are used as computing elements. A more archetypal computronium would be a three-dimensional cellular automaton, which attached computational significance to each individual atom, perhaps with quantum-computing elements included Yudkowsky01. Contrary to popular worry, we have no particular reason to believe that AIs would have an innate desire to convert things into computronium, unless the AI believes that doing so would help achieve its supergoal. However, this is still one possible risk. Somewhat speculative. See also aleph, nanotechnology, Rod Logics, Riemann Hypothesis Catastrophe.Template:Wikilink

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