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title: "Limb: what it means · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/limb
description: "Limb: One condition inside a test. In the Scorecard a limb is one future's condition in a row, and a falsifier's limbs are conditions that can each fire alone."
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# Limb

What does “Limb” mean?

LimbOne condition inside a test. In the Scorecard a limb is one future’s condition in a row, and a falsifier’s limbs are conditions that can each fire alone. *The Scorecard.*

From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy)

The book uses this term in a sense of its own.

## Where the record uses it

- Scorecard indicator [Autonomous research outer loop](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-5)
- Scorecard indicator [AI-generated research/engineering adopted inside labs](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-6)
- Scorecard indicator [ARC-AGI-3](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-7)
- Scorecard indicator [Largest evidenced operating site](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-11)
- Scorecard indicator [CoWoS](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-17)
- Scorecard indicator [HBM](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-18)
- Scorecard indicator [Headline nuclear restarts delivering](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-19)
- Scorecard indicator [Electrician hiring](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-20)
- Scorecard indicator [Hyperscalers’ Q1 operating cash flow (OCF) / cash capex](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-21)
- Scorecard indicator [Hyperscaler corporate bond issuance (five investment-grade issuers)](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-23)
- Scorecard indicator [Amazon Jul. bond cover (orders against bonds offered)](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-24)
- Scorecard indicator [CoreWeave 2026 borrowing spread ladder](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-26)

And 5 more in the record.

## Related terms

- [Falsifier](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/falsifier)
- [Abstain](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/abstain)

From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.

- [Campuses](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger)
- [Tests](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests)
- [Scorecard](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard)
- [Data](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/data/releases)
- [Chapter by chapter](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/companion)
- [The record at a glance](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/observatory)
- [The machine](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/machine)
- [One campus, four futures](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/hyperion)
- [Glossary](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary)
- [People](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/people)
- [Sources](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/sources)
- [Notes](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes)
- [Where the book was wrong](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/corrections)
- [Where its sources were wrong](https://dryburgh.com/corrections?book=vol1)
- [The Paper](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/paper)
- [Consent](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/consent)
- [Who builds and pays](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties)

*The AI Compute Race: Five Races, One Machine* is a book by Lee S. Dryburgh, the first volume of THE COMPUTE ECONOMY, published by Dryburgh, an imprint of Contestra OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia; its record closes on 8 November 2026.

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