Ultra high levels of intelligence will expand outward at the speed of light, though this may not be the actual limit.

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Ray Kurzweil, “Ultra high levels of intelligence will expand outward at the speed of light, though this may not be the actual limit.” (said 2001). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_bf460f2c6169, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_bf460f2c6169

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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