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Von Nueman is on the record as saying he believed computers were a sub field of self replicating machines. I believe they will be very important in the future
by calhoun137 7y ago
Von Nueman is on the record as saying he believed computers were a sub field of self replicating machines. I believe they will be very important in the future and will have many applications.
Not really, unfortunately. I think it would be fun to build a 3d printer that can replicate itself, but have not tried building any prototypes because besides being too expensive I also havent taken my research into that far enough. I am a very ambitious person and have big plans for the future! What I have done on this subject besides reading about it is very theoretical and abstract, its more of an aspiration right now than an active research project to be completely honest.
- kragen 7y agoI'm interested to hear what you think; my notes talk a lot about how to make things less expensive.
- wes-k 7y agoYou may want to check out https://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap https://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap which is exactly this type of 3D printer. I don’t think it’s 100% though.
- kragen 7y agoWell, RepRap has the philosophy that self-replicating systems such as hedgehogs and raspberries need some definite set of “vitamins” available prefabricated in their environment for self-replication, and RepRap chose things like threaded rod, NEMA motors, hotends, and Arduinos as their vitamins. This was extremely successful at making 3-D printers mainstream — every popular 3-D printer out there derives from RepRap designs — but not at producing an exponentially growing quantity of 3-D printers printed by 3-D printers.