Had this been in place prior to what the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative became, the field and the world might be significantly different today.
@alexwg To be fair, nanotechnology still gets very little funding, and not that many people are seriously working on it. There also arenโt many large coordinated efforts behind it yet. At this pace, Drexlerโs vision probably wonโt happen for another 50 years, at best.
@AnselDias@theresidency@inventorsRes I think you need a printer with one infinite axis for self-replication, like the Creality CR-30. It's also convenient for detaching parts.
We reached the point where technology has stopped materially improving at all. And our way to circumvent the end of Moore's Law is to pursue a nonexistent AI singularity.
MNT will truly revive Moore's Law miniaturization rate. Like a step function from 13.5 nm to 0.01 nm.
@philipturnerar@mechadense@somewhereville while the elites are slowing down. Enthusiasts step on the gas. That's good, because that's how replicators get to the people. I really wish they were open-source and accessible to everyone.
@philipturnerar@mechadense@somewhereville This is how it should be at first. Then there will be systems of protection, but they will also be technological, not juristic
@kanzure It's undeniably captivating, but it's not the truth. Transporting a biological species into space is a formidable challenge, making it more feasible to digitize them instead.