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going on in front of their eyes. But we should not be complacent,
either.”
“About what?” Gnolan was puzzled.
“Do not assume they will be content with becoming a swarm of
networked cyborg information processors limited to computing
intersynaptically asymptotically to standard gnat-cycles. Their goal, or
the inevitable consequence of turning their miniature machines loose
to interact autonomously, is light-speed.”
“Then they shall surpass us!”
“Right.” Gnick was solemn. “To that vast army of conscious nano-
processors buzzing everywhere, the attention span of a gnat will seem
like an eternity.”

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