On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Russell Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't think it would be of little use to be able to put each atom >> exactly where you want. > > Clearly that would be of great use, but a molecular scale self > reproducing robot would not be a particularly efficient way to bring > about this result. The more recent idea of a desktop nanofactory, > while still sweeping a lot of difficulty under the carpet, is a much > more practical proposal.
An example is producing insulin using genetically engineered bacteria instead of collecting it from the pancreas of farm animals. Genetic engineering is cheap enough that a lot of our food is produced this way too. -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- 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
