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> Does it gain access to nukes? How does it keep the power on? How does it mine for coal? How does it break into these systems?

A playground isn't much use without tools. Humans, who are super intelligent compared to most animals are actually pretty worthless if you stick one of us a desert island. Actually an ant or a bird is much more "advanced" than a human since they can probably survive in the wild unlike the modern human.

Without the ability to build or source energy, and a method to reproduce in the physical world, even a highly sophisticated AGI won't get very far.



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