Re: Bye Bye Grey Goo


rhooker123@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Did anyone else catch Drexler saying that he no longer saw self
replicating devicing causing Grey Goo problem as a real issue?

I'm not sure that Drexler ever saw the grey goo problem as a show stopper.
Do you have a reference to the statements by Drexler that triggered your
post? Context would be helpful.

Frankly I personally just think he is wrong, but who am I. In the
short run nano system will probably not need to self replicate, but
over the next say 500 the scope of human activity will expand in to the
solar system and perhaps to near by stars.

I don't see how machine phase nanotechnology can accomplish much of value
without the capability of self-replication. Even "small" problems require
huge numbers (by human standards) of nanorobots to accomplish tasks of
interest. And self replication is still the best way to get to large
numbers.

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