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Yeah, Bracewell/Von Neuman probes[0]. You create an AI in a probe that can communicate in a variety of ways and replicate itself and send it off into space. IIR
by neaden 10y ago
Yeah, Bracewell/Von Neuman probes[0]. You create an AI in a probe that can communicate in a variety of ways and replicate itself and send it off into space. IIRC it would conservatively take about a million years for a civilization to blanket the galaxy in them.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracewell_probe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracewell_probe
- pklausler 10y agoCommunication seems to be optional.
- jessaustin 10y agoIt isn't obvious that communication by such "probes" would take place on a medium that we can currently sense. Which may be what you meant?
- zingermc 10y agoSounds like a good way to turn the galaxy into grey goo.