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Moravec's essay of 1993 states that outer space is the arena where "freely compounding superintelligence, too dangerous for Earth" can grow, with some entities pushing on to the nearby stars. Copy claim link
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Date 1993-06 · publication Records dated 1993 → Wording attested 2026-10-31. Wording read in the copy retrieved on 2026-10-31. An Internet Archive capture of 2000-08-17 exists but could not be compared, since the Internet Archive refused the research pack's retrievals; if the capture is found identical, the wording is attested from 2000-08-17. Not compared with any printed version. Role Articulation Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope and limits A forecast; the space entities include transformed humans ("Ex-humans") and former companies.
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The Age of Robots ↗ Hans Moravec (author-hosted HTML); the author's publication list gives Extro 1, Proceedings of the First Extropy Institute Conference (1994), pp. 84-100 · 1993-06
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Source excerpt “Beyond Earth, in all directions, lies limitless outer space, a worthy arena for vigorous growth in every physical and mental dimension. Freely compounding superintelligence, too dangerous for Earth, can grow for a very long time before making the barest mark on the galaxy.” Location in source Section "The Long Run (2100 and beyond)"
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Source details and check notes Authors Hans Moravec Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 d9c8c362a90f00eccc3e375b92428b7eb05ccad57e0021ab2b9fb9189f0bf55e). Author-hosted HTML headed "The Age of Robots June 1993 by Hans Moravec", "(8500 words)". Earliest capture located: 2000-08-17 (not compared). Printed version not inspected. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Hans Moravec, “The Age of Robots”, 1993-06. 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 (43 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. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
The Age of Robots ↗ Hans Moravec (author-hosted HTML); the author's publication list gives Extro 1, Proceedings of the First Extropy Institute Conference (1994), pp. 84-100 · 1993-06
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Source excerpt “Others may decide to push on to the nearby stars.” Location in source Section "The Long Run (2100 and beyond)"
How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher
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Source details and check notes Authors Hans Moravec Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 d9c8c362a90f00eccc3e375b92428b7eb05ccad57e0021ab2b9fb9189f0bf55e). Author-hosted HTML headed "The Age of Robots June 1993 by Hans Moravec", "(8500 words)". Earliest capture located: 2000-08-17 (not compared). Printed version not inspected. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Hans Moravec, “The Age of Robots”, 1993-06. 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 (10 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. 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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