From: The Low Golden Willow (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 26 1997 - 11:31:53 MDT
On Aug 26, 3:58pm, "Nicholas Bostrom" wrote:
} Hal Finney <hal@rain.org> wrote:
}
} I prefer to use the term grey goo to denote whatever nanites cause
} indiscriminate destruction. But anyway, nanites could be designed to
} be interested solely in destruction.
In that case you won't have very many of them. No replication, no
nanites.
} >gray goo must replicate in order to be effective. A single gray goo
} >disassembler will not cause much damage. And whatever mechanisms it
} >uses to replicate will be vulnerable to attack just as much as the
} >systems which it is trying to "eat".
}
} Yes. The goo might fight a downhill battle, though, towards a lower
} energy state? It would be interesting to think about this in more
Not if it's made of diamond. And I doubt that replacing one form of
life with another form of life yields much portential energy.
Merry part,
-xx- Damien R. Sullivan X-) <*> http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix
Beneath these hills great heroes lie
Of the Red Branch Knights and their ancient foe.
In still of night the immortals fight
But never the battle is won.
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