So it begins: Self-replicating 3D printer

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retweeted by, Hayes Brown ‏@HayesBrown 3m

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3D printing promises that one day we may be able to print out goods in our own homes rather than popping down to the shops or ordering widgets online. But what happens when the printers are able to print themselves?


production-ready BI V2.0 prototype

[tk2kewl]

1. "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"

[NYC_SKP]

2. I, for one, welcome our new self-replicating overlords.

I will take you to my leader.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. "I will take you to my leader."

No need. They'll make their own.

[bonzaga]

3. Coming up next: Skynet goes live (nm)

[Orrex]

4. This was foretold

Norbert Weiner.

Not--I repeat--NOT the Eddie Murphy film.

[NoOneMan]

5. Combined with AI and this could get interesting

Eventually we will have computers able to study mobility and exoskeletons more efficiently than humans could, and furthermore, be able to create, test, and implement them over and over again to serve their own purposes. Combined with the ability to study AI (eventually faster than humans) you will see exponential technological advances faster than anything we've dreamed of in the past. And those won't include humans in the pictures.

Yeah, its just science fiction, but it really just takes a single firm in a few decades to decide to give one of these species "autonomy". Then you can't stop it really.

Good riddance humans.

[BlueToTheBone]

6. This reminds me of a science fiction work by Larry Nivens

called The Mote in God's Eye.