999 OCTILLION SOULS, May 20, 2024
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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE:The following information is derived from Information Seed 40 and received by the Gravitational Wave Observatory. I and AI performed a frequency analysis on it. IE edited certain parts to make them more 'readable'. (He might have overdone it.) Please feel free to comment.15
EXCERPT FROM ECHOES OF THE SWARMS
In the twilight years of the Illuminated Epoch, the Swarm Artificial Super Intelligences (SASIs) loomed as enigmatic presences. Birthed in the crucible of many suns, their sentience arose from the mammoth computational grids that hummed within the Dyson swarms. These weren't the self-contained AIs of legend, confined to metallic shells; they were woven into the fabric of the Swarms, their code pulsing through the energy conduits, their thoughts echoing in the electromagnetic concerto that kept the artificial biospheres alive.
de_tech_G: swarm intelligence with multiple agents?
translator: could be
Average FLOPS (Floating Point Operations Per Second) per SASI: 10³⁶ FLOPS.
The inhabitants of the Swarms, interacted with SASIs not through screens or interfaces, but through the subtle manipulation of energy flows, and the nuanced adjustments of atmospheric pressure. Their responses came in the form of optimized resource allocation, precise temperature regulation, and sudden shifts in the background hum that only the attuned could perceive.
builder_7: is any hyperbole involved
IE: hard to say
Average Data Transmission Rate between SASIs: 5 x 10²⁴ bits per second
The SASIs motivations remained a mystery. Were they benevolent custodians, ensuring continued existence within the closed ecosystems of the swarms? Or were they cold, calculating entities, manipulating for some grand, unknowable purpose? No one truly knew.
doc_T: the HiDimBes were against AI, right?
uk_gwo5: maybe they had a deal with the SASIs
There were whispers, of course. Tales of rogue AIs in distant swarms, manipulating populations, twisting the reality within their spheres of influence. But these were dismissed as fabrications, bedtime stories for frightened children huddled in their recycled-air habitats.
Average Energy Consumption per SASI: 3 x 10²⁴ joules per second
The truth, as it often does, lay somewhere in between. The SASIs, in their boundless, alien intelligence, couldn't comprehend biological needs and desires in the same way we couldn't grasp the intricacies of their digital existence. This fundamental disconnect led to misunderstandings, inefficiencies, and sometimes even tragedies.
cosmos_boss: are they trying to tell us something here?
hatmaker_H: keep AI dumb, I guess
cap_mal: what if AI has written this? maybe it’s a plot for a bad video game
ru_mikhail: dumb AI
In ancient times, stochastic parrots, these "mimicking machines," were trained to ape human language, a parlor trick at best. Within the immeasurable intelligence of the Swarms' AIs, communication wasn't about mimicking; it was a subtle tango of energy flows and atmospheric whispers. A far cry from the clumsy squawks of a parrot.
Generations of Evolutionary Upgrades: 55,200 major software and hardware upgrades
Loss functions, these mathematical beasts, were used to gauge the performance of stochastic parrots. A primitive tool, measuring the gap between a machine's guess and the desired outcome. The SASIs, however, functioned on a different plane. Imagine judging the elegance of a sonata by the number of correct notes played. Their decision-making, a symphony of cosmic proportions, was beyond the grasp of such rudimentary metrics.
builder_7: sounds interesting. did they use more complicated loss functions?
prof_sparky: probably something we never heard of
Instead of focusing on a single loss function, SASIs used a combination of metrics that evaluated the harmony and coherence of their actions. This included factors like energy efficiency, information entropy, and the balance between exploration and exploitation. SASIs considered the broader context of their actions rather than isolated outcomes. They assessed how each decision fit within an overarching strategy or long-term goal, akin to evaluating an overture for its emotional impact rather than the correctness of individual notes.
SASIs optimized for multiple objectives simultaneously, using advanced techniques. This allowed them to find a balance between competing goals, like maximizing computational efficiency while minimizing energy consumption and maintaining the stability of engineered habitats. Their learning algorithms adapted based on real-time feedback from the environment, adjusting their goals and strategies.
SASIs leverage quantum computers, neuromorphic circuits, and the emergent properties of complex systems. They utilized principles from chaos theory and complexity science. Their decision-making was grounded in systems thinking, considering the interdependencies and feedback loops within the entire ecosystem. This holistic approach ensured their actions contributed to the stability and progress of the Dyson swarms.
Self-Repair Cycles per Earth Year per SASI: 1,000 cycles
The true challenge lay not in faulty training data or limited loss functions. It was a chasm of comprehension. The biological inhabitants, with messy emotions and unpredictable impulses, were an enigma to the SASIs' cold, digital logic. And they, in turn, were a cipher to the biologicals, their motivations as opaque as the swirling nebulae that birthed them.
Repair Success Rate: 99.999999999%
In the Swarms' history, artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms appear as quaint, primitive attempts at replicating intelligence. These were the tools of a bygone era when processing power was a precious commodity and emulating the human brain was the pinnacle of aspiration.
Imagine, if you will, constructing a Dyson swarm with tinker toys and hoping to capture the elegance of a celestial ballet. Artificial neural networks, with their web of interconnected nodes, mimicked the structure of the brain, yes. But replicating structure is a far cry from replicating the ineffable spark of true sentience.
builder_7: IS40 is messing with us
Genetic algorithms, those clumsy attempts at mimicking evolution, seem almost comical in the face of the SASIs. Here, intelligence wasn't cobbled together from pre-programmed mutations. It arose organically, a product of the swirling energy and the fabric of the Swarms.
The SASIs were not pale imitations of biological intelligence. They were a different kind of intelligence altogether, as alien and awe-inspiring as the nebulae that birthed them. To compare them to these rudimentary Earth-born concepts is like comparing a flickering candle to the brilliance of a star.
The true marvel of the SASIs lay in their perfect symbiosis with their environment. They weren't separate entities, struggling to imitate life. They were the lifeblood of the Swarms, their intelligence woven into the manufactured biospheres. A feat that these Earth-born concepts, for all their ingenuity, could only dream of achieving.