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I wonder how the "life" this machine creates is regulated. In Eric K. Drexler's book "Engines of Creation", he warns that the rise of self-assembly and nanotec

by smoyer 12y ago

I wonder how the "life" this machine creates is regulated. In Eric K. Drexler's book "Engines of Creation", he warns that the rise of self-assembly and nanotechnology needs to be carefully controlled so that we don't end up disassembling the whole world into "gray goo". It seems to me that a shotgun approach to evolving organisms could be as dangerous.

lotsofmangos 12y ago
It seems to me that a shotgun approach to evolving organisms could be as dangerous. Viruses are well ahead of us in that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_retrovirus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_retrovirus