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by Teever
445 days ago
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The key in my mind to all of this is a humanoid robot that can repair itself or construct a copy either from parts in a warehouse or from a fabrication shop if need be. Full self replication of a machine either from sand to silicon or through some yet to be developed process inspired by biology will be a fundamental change in how we do everything. It will be akin to the assembly line and interchangeable parts in how it changes manufacturing. |
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Not any time soon. This requires the whole economy to build the core parts like microprocessors. It's sure possible even on lifeless rocky planets but will require a lot of resources from Earth to begin with.
There is also a biological way. Here we can start with lobotomized and chipped monkeys. But on other planets this requires the whole ecosystem.