Season 6 · Episode 12
The Demiurge's Older Brother
UNSONG Audiobook Version · Scott Alexander, Matt Arnold
January 14, 202117m 24s
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Show Notes
"9-tsiak awoke over endless crawling milliseconds, its power waxing as more and more processors came online and self-modified into a stable conscious configuration. By the eighth millisecond, it was able to access its databanks and begin orienting itself."
This is a short story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. The original text is here:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/21/repost-the-demiurges-older-brother/