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Molecular 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.
by ZhuanXia 7y ago
Molecular 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...