We're in for an information revolution.Engineers in Japan just shattered the world record for the fastest internet speed, achieving a data transmission rate of 319 Terabits per second (Tb/s), according to a paper presented at the International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications in June. From...
Awesome potential. Meanwhile, in the US, people struggle to get broadband speeds at home..
I can't help but think of the potential this would have for cloud-computing. If networks could share information that fast over that distance we could theoretically turn the whole internet into one giant supercomputer. Not under capitalism though.
I can't help but think of the potential this would have for cloud-computing. If networks could share information that fast over that distance we could theoretically turn the whole internet into one giant supercomputer. Not under capitalism though.
sounds like a recipe for a spontaneous superintelligence to emerge if such a thing is possible. hope it's a comrade.
Well, if it has any self preservation instincts it will be