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This whole story is so nonsensical - we can't make self replicating probes because the materials are very hard to extract - extract from what? Perhaps if that i
by torginus 3mo ago
This whole story is so nonsensical - we can't make self replicating probes because the materials are very hard to extract - extract from what? Perhaps if that is the case, it's because you have to get the metal from that mineral-rich rock that's like 0.1% of said metal by content. Why not build probes from the rest? Common atoms like carbon etc.
- crewindream 3mo ago1. Carbon quality would need to be ensured somehow - sounds like extraction/refinement still necessary 2. Carbon seems to be brittle.
- lioeters 3mo agoI imagine the extreme physical constraints will force us to explore alternative and unconventional forms of machines and computers, built from different materials available. For example, molecular or microscopic scale of self-replicating machines might be "easier" to build than what we typically think of as machines.