I don't consider nanomachine replicators a major threat, as biology is already a nano-machine replicator, so it would really be similar to a biowarfare agent, which is quite difficult to to propogate in modern day society, as was the case with SARS, H1N1 among a variety of other things.
Any nano-robots would have the same problem of needing to adapt to a particular host type, such as humans. If they are independantly mobile, they would likely have to use something similar to wings, and would really make it no different then a fly of some kind, perhaps a biting fly. It would have the same problems of not being able to get through clothing, and having trouble with sub-optimal temperature or wind conditions. On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Best way of proving AGI in an undeniable fashion, is to have "wild" > AGI's robots running around self-replicating in the environment. Admitedly > most wild organisms have brains significantly larger than those of their > domestic counter-parts, so we may develop domestic AGI's first. > >> > >> No, that is the best way to wipe out humanity. > > > > seriously that's just fear mongering. > > Computers have a different ecological niche then that of biology, > > they are better suited for cold dry environments, like polar deserts. > > I'm referring to the threat of self replicating nanotechnology. > http://www.foresight.org/nano/Ecophagy.html > > Do you think this is a serious threat? > > We can design self-replicators for whatever niche we want. I am > concerned in particular that we can already produce solar cells with > 10% to 20% efficiency, but plants currently convert only 0.1% of the > sunlight that reaches the Earth into chemical energy. It would seem > that an accidental release of nanotechnology could easily out-compete > plants, thus removing the bottom of the food chain, even if it is not > their intention to kill us. > > >> And no, self > >> replication + control is harder than self replication alone. It > >> requires more intelligence. > >> > > that's plain false, as demonstrated by this image > > http://sensualanimist.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/picture-0041.jpg > > domestication of animals decreases brain size by about 10-30% > > That's interesting. I didn't know that, but I can confirm it. > http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02436333?LI=true > > And that seems to be bad news for our hopes of controlling AI. > > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-a88c7a6d > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
