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The cost of compute is the only intrinsic limit on AI self-replication; every other constraint on agents will have to be built by humans.

Drawn from what Dean W. Ball said

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  1. DB

    Dean W. Ball 1 Sept 2026

    This is the sole intrinsic thing about AI that prevents agents from truly infinite self-replication. They will be constrained by the need to find and pay for sufficient compute to run themselves.

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