What the two exits from the machine’s constraints advertised most loudly, the Gulf and orbit, each turn out to be. Leaving for either changes who holds the veto, and moves it to where fewer people can say no. See no outside. Chapter 13.
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The book uses this term in a sense of its own.
Where the book uses it
- Chapter 13 — A Change of Landlord
The two proposed escapes from the constraints, the Gulf and orbit, and which constraints each actually removes.
Where the record uses it
Also discussed in
- Chapter notes Chapter 13 — A Change of Landlord
Related terms
From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.
How to cite this page
Dryburgh, Lee S. “Change of landlord.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/change-of-landlord (accessed 2026-11-01).
BibTeX
@misc{dryburgh-change-of-landlord-2026,
author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
title = {{Change of landlord}},
howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/change-of-landlord},
note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}