Matrioshka Brain: The Ultimate Intelligence

Hein de Haan
Nov 7 · 3 min read

What is a Matrioshka Brain? Its name derived from the Russian Matryoshka dolls, a Matrioshka Brain is basically a giant computer that uses the entire energy output of a star. Imagine a star, like our Sun, with a giant shell around it. This shell captures all the energy of its star and uses it for computational processes. Now, these processes will generate heat energy, which can in principle be captured to perform…

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