Re: Assembler... when?


news.verizon.net wrote:

What is the latest "best" guestimate for the arrival of the first assembler?

It depends on what you mean. You can assemble some things today:

"George W. Hart's Rapid Prototyping Web Page"

- http://www.georgehart.com/rp/rp.html

Some things are even molecularly-precise:

"DNA self-assembly used to mass-produce patterned nanostructures"

- http://www.physorg.com/news9322.html

Ten years ago, or so, the best estimates were 20 years.

Has that changed? What are the experts saying now?

We may get reasonable nanotechnology expertise 1-2 years after we get
self-improving AI.
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