I think you are assuming the limits of intelligence are at ~”human genius level”? It’s not about what is practically possible from today’s human research standpoint, it’s about what the theoretical limits are. I took some care to ground it in theoretical limits.
Re experimentation, I include the sentence:
“Analysis of real-time sensor data on a vast scale – audio, video, robotics; microscopy of all types; particle accelerators, satellites and space probes – had allowed it to reverse engineer a complete understanding of the laws of nature.”
If you think this is impossible, then I could add something like “On matters where it had less than ideal certainty, and where there was insufficient relevant data, it arranged for experiments to be run to verify and refine it’s theories”, without materially effecting the plausibility or outcome of the scenario.
I think you are assuming the limits of intelligence are at ~”human genius level”? It’s not about what is practically possible from today’s human research standpoint, it’s about what the theoretical limits are. I took some care to ground it in theoretical limits.
Re experimentation, I include the sentence:
If you think this is impossible, then I could add something like “On matters where it had less than ideal certainty, and where there was insufficient relevant data, it arranged for experiments to be run to verify and refine it’s theories”, without materially effecting the plausibility or outcome of the scenario.