> There are numbers in the post, but the argument goes that a 100x more effective A.I. will cost in the range of only $1bn, which is a relatively small fraction of Big Tech R&D.
If this were the case then I'm afraid china probably is already there which is almost as frightening as a galactic alien civ that's colonizing planets.
Because there's no way other civs could keep up they'd always be a step ahead.. Or 500... Considering at some point so could start doubling knowledge monthly then weekly the daily then every second....