Thanks, I had heard of it but never read it. I found it on zlib, nice foreword by Minsky: "... Engines of Creation is the best attempt so far to prepare us to think of what we might become, should we persist in making new technologies." Granted, this is a 1986 book. It seems he has several titles on this theme, including a 2.0 version of this book.
A fun tangent is to brainstorm "unthinkables" as in this 2011 article about a possible 2019: https://kk.org/thetechnium/2019-unthinkabl/ and https://kk.org/ct2/unthinkable-futures/ On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 8:05 PM Alan Grimes via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a book that should be common knowledge to people on this list, > but I'm getting the feeling that it has been slipping into obscurity. It > is Engines of Creation by Drexler, first published around 1987 or so. If > you haven't read it already, look for it on-line. > > I'm thinking about ending my hiatus early, (originally planned to end > mid-May...) > > -- > Beware of Zombies. =O > #EggCrisis #BlackWinter > White is the new Kulak. > Powers are not rights. > -- Daniel Jue Cognami LLC 240-515-7802 www.cognami.ai ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T659e51d2281da0fc-Mdcd796bc3d8d74dfe44646fe Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
