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Matrioshka Brains: Star-Powered Computers
Isaac Arthur
Isaac Arthur explains the Matrioshka Brain, a hypothetical computer or artificial mind powered by an entire star using nested shells. It covers how such megastructures relate to Dyson spheres and superintelligence.
HN points to it as the accessible introduction to Matrioshka Brains whenever very large computational structures come up.
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