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But there is infinitely more atoms out in the Solar System and beyond... isn't a more likely scenario that the AI would quickly figure out how to blast out of E
by patrickk 12y ago
But there is infinitely more atoms out in the Solar System and beyond... isn't a more likely scenario that the AI would quickly figure out how to blast out of Earth's gravity well and spread throughout the universe? It might accidentally kill a few humans in the process, but not intentionally...like a human crushing an ant when crossing the road.
- akanet 12y agoWhy would you bother expending vast amounts of joules to get more atoms until after you've consumed all the ones surrounding you right now?
- TeMPOraL 12y agoExactly; the atoms you have around you are perfectly fine for bootstrapping the process of getting to the atoms out there.
- sandstrom 12y agoWe will be the biological bootloader for the AI :)
- shepardrtc 12y agoThat's assuming that the atoms around you aren't fighting back. Its simply easier for a machine to get itself into space to do whatever it needs to do rather than fight with the organic things on a planet.