Aggregators can't allow turing complete things within themselves.

· Bits and Bobs 2/3/25
  • Aggregators can't allow turing complete things within themselves.
    • One of Gordon's classics: Aggregators aren't open ended.
    • If they allowed turing-complete things, then they'd incubate the seeds of their own destruction.
    • It's also very technically challenging to allow turing-complete things that interact with their surrounding context safely.
    • But this means aggregators can't grow beyond a certain size.
    • When they start growing in the late stage, they look unstoppable, but in a new disruptive epoch that size is a liability.

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