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I agree but also think that a self-replicating experiment is a different class of danger than a one-off experiment. If we get to self-replicating nanobots, I ho
by tgb 10y ago
I agree but also think that a self-replicating experiment is a different class of danger than a one-off experiment. If we get to self-replicating nanobots, I hope the level of caution there goes well beyond that of the Manhattan project.
- mrep 10y ago> If we get to self-replicating nanobots, I hope the level of caution there goes well beyond that of the Manhattan project. We already have those and they are called viruses and bacteria for which we have pretty good defenses against them.
- tgb 10y agoFrom-scratch nanobots won't be facing pretty good defenses. That said tinkering with viruses is scary too.