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There was a third worldwar when the replicator was invented. Gene Roddenbery warned us!
by Pica_soO 10y ago
There was a third worldwar when the replicator was invented. Gene Roddenbery warned us!
- visarga 10y agoActually I think we got a better chance of creating a self replicating factory than AGI. We have robots and materials, we just need to make the whole system 100% automated, and it's looking good with all the 3d printing and CNC innovations. Such a self replicating factory would be organized like a computer. It would have memory, which will be the storage space, and a data bus, which is the logistics system, and a CPU which is the collection of processing units (3d printers, cnc, ovens, presses, etc). We will program it with an API and define products like we define software, then the factory would compile it to production and actually produce it. When the factory is able to reproduce its own tools, it can create more of itself and jumpstart the process. You could also say it works like a cell or an organism - self reproducing, self healing, able to survive. We're self reproducing factories ourselves. It's the birth of a new life form, when robots don't need us to reproduce and repair themselves.
- nickpinkston 10y agoAt Plethora, we're working on a similar vision! Happy to hear your take and talk about ours. Email me if you'd like: nick@plethora.com