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This is exactly why we need Eric Drexler's molecular assemblers: so we can build large quantities of molecules that are "built" atom-by-atom!
by lachlan-sneff 7y ago
This is exactly why we need Eric Drexler's molecular assemblers: so we can build large quantities of molecules that are "built" atom-by-atom!
- ZhuanXia 7y agoMolecular assemblers are almost taboo to discuss in chemistry and have been for decades. Sort of like the AI winter. Things feel like they are starting to thaw.
- jeffwass 7y agoWhy are they almost taboo?
- chinigo 7y agoGray goo? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo
- aftbit 7y agoBy analogy to the "AI winter" I assume they belong to the age of broken dreams... people are afraid to talk about them because too many people have been burned by too many enthusiastic promises and the problem turns out to be much harder to solve than originally expected.
- Rerarom 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drexler%E2%80%93Smalley_debate_on_molecular_nanotechnology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drexler%E2%80%93Smalley_debate...
- jakeogh 7y agothere's a very interesting project/field that's starting with larger legos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdXeRBbgDM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdXeRBbgDM
- justinclift 7y agoThat's an LLVM talk. Wrong url?
- jakeogh 7y agoHe's lowering the degrees of freedom in protien synthesis so they are simulatiable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X69_42Mj-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X69_42Mj-g
- justinclift 7y agoThanks for clarifying, went and looked again. Yep, seems interesting. :)