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This is the kind of thing that's actually necessary for sending humans to Mars. But a couple of levels higher - we need an autonomous factory to build other aut
by askvictor 2y ago
This is the kind of thing that's actually necessary for sending humans to Mars. But a couple of levels higher - we need an autonomous factory to build other autonomous factories, that can be packed into a launch vehicle (or assembled in space). Until we have auto-factories on Earth, Mars is but a pipe-dream.
- the_third_wave 2y ago> we need an autonomous factory to build other autonomous factories Good plan but let's start with something more simple than a phone factory. How about paperclips? Once that problem has been solved [1] we can be confident we can create the optimal Phone Maximiser. [1] https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html
- Mistletoe 2y agoI’m sorry but I remember quite recently when 3d printing was promised to do this and it failed miserably. Mostly made a lot of figurines. And a few specific use cases where it shines. Just as one would expect from a Gartner hype cycle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_hype_cycle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_hype_cycle We are currently in one for AI.
- askvictor 2y ago100% agree with you; don't care if it's about 3d printing, AI, or rockets. My point is that until we can build a fully autonomous factory on Earth, we're not going to Mars.