It’s interesting how the Eric Drexler influence clearly colors a lot of apocalyptic AI stuff, in fiction, and on Less Wrong. First because afaik the progress i

It’s interesting how the Eric Drexler influence clearly colors a lot of apocalyptic AI stuff, in fiction, and on Less Wrong. First because afaik the progress in nanotechnology has not been particularly fast over the past 40 years since his big book came out, and second because it really seems like it is only tangentially related. In a world with highly advanced assembler mnt, seems like the world could end in a way akin to a serious chemical accident accident, few computers involved. But the assumption is AI will certainly create nanotechnology, where humans have so far been unable to? That’s less like AI risk and more like, one smart research lab risk.