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Some machines might last longer than us but they are still subject to the same laws of thermodynamics. Most computers from 20+ years ago are inoperable today; s
by icapybara 4y ago
Some machines might last longer than us but they are still subject to the same laws of thermodynamics. Most computers from 20+ years ago are inoperable today; show me a machine that can survive millions of years.
- qudat 4y agoThey can just replace every component in their system without the ghost in the machine dissipating
- pixl97 4y agoMachine or supermachine? You are a machine, you are born, you grow, and you die. But the species you exist in and transfer knowledge in is a supermachine. You have existed as a continuous chain for 3ish+ billion years now. Why would a digital intelligence behave any differently?
- im3w1l 4y agoSomething I've been thinking recently: "Species" is one way to delineate the "supermachine". Another way would be civilization. If we choose that framing, then we could see the biological human species as just one of many possible substrates for our civilization.
- frutiger 4y agoYes and indeed organisms (and further down a level, cells) themselves are merely a substrate that allows genes to replicate.
- JohnFen 4y ago> Most computers from 20+ years ago are inoperable today Mostly because they were dismantled or destroyed. Most computers that old that were left unmolested still work just fine.
- fooker 4y agoCapacitors just don’t work after a while. To get most old computers working, you have to surgically replace all capacitors first.