Claim · 2008 · publication · Stated in source · Supported

De Garis's paper of 2008, served on the AGI 2008 conference site, states that artilects will have mental capacities trillions of trillions of times above the human level.

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The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans (AGI 2008 paper) → articulates → Superiority by many orders of magnitude

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The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans (AGI 2008 paper)articulates ↓Superiority by many orders of magnitude

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Date: 2008 · publication Records dated 2008 →
Role: Articulation, Later restatement
Register (kind of text): Nonfiction

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The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans: A Bitter Controversy Concerning Whether Humanity Should Build Godlike Massively Intelligent Machines

AGI 2008 conference site (agi-conf.org/2008/) · 2008

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Source excerpt

“which with 21st century technologies will have mental capacities trillions of trillions of times above the human level.”

Location in source Abstract, PDF p. 1

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Source details and check notes

Authors: Hugo de Garis
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 5584438d2d9ed45ee8069d0d72e75c06d17860df7518bbae9467c3839fff4788). Conference paper PDF served under agi-conf.org/2008/ (PDF creation date 2007-12-19); the PDF states no date or venue.
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Accessed: 2026-10-31
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Hugo de Garis, “The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans: A Bitter Controversy Concerning Whether Humanity Should Build Godlike Massively Intelligent Machines”, 2008.
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Date. Served under agi-conf.org/2008/; the PDF states no date or venue (created 2007-12-19); Pavlacka (2012) cites it as De Garis, 2008; year not confirmed from a dated primary record.

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