Originally Posted by
Kokolums
They say the last machine humans will ever build is a matrix-style simulator.
What you do is create the machine, then run a program of the universe. But you run it so 1 second = 1 billion years. In under a minute, highly advanced intelligent races emerge on various planets that have technology better than your own. Then, you just steal their technology and turn the machine off.
That is how the pace of technological advancement begins to go vertical. We will be able to advance technologically billions of years in seconds.