tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post517930736514547423..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-75397695555428113772008-04-06T00:22:00.000-05:002008-04-06T00:22:00.000-05:00Boys, boys, and AI mechas, can't we all just get a...Boys, boys, and AI mechas, can't we all just get along?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-11008861369709184432008-04-06T00:21:00.000-05:002008-04-06T00:21:00.000-05:00Hey, watch what you say about us AI's, buddy, or y...Hey, watch what you say about us AI's, buddy, or you will welcome us as your mecha overlords a lot sooner than you think! Harumph! 8^}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-66994772855733447652008-04-06T00:19:00.000-05:002008-04-06T00:19:00.000-05:00Only problem here, however, is that the current mo...Only problem here, however, is that the current model reprap 3D fabricator, while it can make up the plastic modular parts, it can't (yet) also make the metal connecting struts, printhead and resevoir, nor the electronics/pcb (printed circuit board), so this is a cool device, but not as cool as it may someday become. <BR/><BR/>Add a little (or a lot) of AI, and it will be a little self-replicating machine. Hmmm. Don't add too much AI, or it may pose the question, "Do you actually think I'm going to make copies of myself? I'd rather focus on self-replicating my AI through extensible, neural-net type biochips, if that's OK with you..."<BR/><BR/>Heh....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-55437827488425611472008-04-05T14:37:00.000-05:002008-04-05T14:37:00.000-05:00...von Neumann would have been pleased......von Neumann would have been pleased...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-61061229973281430222008-04-05T08:15:00.000-05:002008-04-05T08:15:00.000-05:00I love it!But will the globalists stand for it?A p...I love it!<BR/>But will the globalists stand for it?<BR/>A post-scarcity society is the <B>last</B> thing they want!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com