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De Garis's essay of 2001 states that, to him, biological technological intelligence is a fleeting phase that nature goes through on the way to immortal artilectual intelligence. Copy claim link
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Date 2001-03-22 · publication Records dated 2001 → Wording attested 2015. Wording read in the Kurzweil Library copy (writingsbyraykurzweil.com; header May 22, 2001; no byline), retrieved 2026-10-31, and in the author's e-book 'de Garis Essays' (listed by the author as 2015; PDF created 2015-01-18), essay A2; the 2001 KurzweilAI.net page was not read. Role Articulation Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope and limits Stated as the author's own view ('To me, ...'), in a paragraph that opens 'In reality, I suspect strongly that virtually all the ETs out there are in fact artilects'. The library copy shows no byline; authorship rests on the author's own reprint (essay A2).
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Answering Fermi's Paradox ↗ The Kurzweil Library (writingsbyraykurzweil.com), copy of an essay 'Originally published March 22, 2001 on KurzweilAI.net' · 2001-03-22
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Source excerpt “To me, biological technological intelligence is just a fleeting phase that nature goes through en route to creating immortal massive artilectual intelligence” Location in source paragraph beginning 'In reality, I suspect strongly'
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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 20aedf76ee671d56c8da28730ceb37e3126693c63ab655a298dbfe1e5ba9af0f). Current Kurzweil Library page (address ?p=80514, redirected); its header shows May 22, 2001 and its note says originally published March 22, 2001; the page displays no byline. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Hugo de Garis, “Answering Fermi's Paradox”, 2001-03-22. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (22 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-11-01, item 87) re-read the record’s source and agreed with its stance; its corrections were applied at admission. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Machine-checked . Machines found this record and checked it against its sources; no person accepted it individually. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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Date. Date from the copies' note 'Originally published March 22, 2001 on KurzweilAI.net.'; the Kurzweil Library page header shows May 22, 2001.
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