Comment by esher

1 day ago

Hang on. Let me overthink this.

Let me do that for you. I think perfection is subjectively met at the end of one's consciousness about a problem. A higher being will see the problem more deeply, and its perfect solution could therefore be more perfect than that of a lesser being.

Imagine that one has to implement a function to multiply two large integers. A junior programmer will likely use the default multiplication operator. A mid-level programmer will add a couple of strategies with a weak heuristic for routing, and perhaps with basic caching. A senior will sample the incoming requests to identify which strategy might empirically be good, and ensure that it is being hit, with optimal fallbacks. A superintelligent AI might design custom kernels, and design a custom model for routing. A god will... we don't know what a god will do. Perfection, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.