Outsource the glory to a robot?

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Post #193,739 by tablizer 2/8/05 10:05:56 PM Reply	Outsource the glory to a robot? The motivation is a little trickier, but I think that Von Neumann nailed it. His suggestion was that we'd invent self-reproducing machines (which are now called Von Neumann machines) that would land in a solar system, settle down somewhere, build a factory, and then... ________________ oop.ismad.com
Post #193,838 by ben_tilly 2/9/05 7:32:23 PM Reply	Why not? Look through the Solar System. How many places did we first send a human? Have we ever been adverse to automating commercial operations in dangerous or difficult to reach environments? Combine these two with several millenia of progress and Von Neumann machines seem very reasonable indeed. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #193,841 by inthane-chan 2/9/05 7:43:25 PM Reply	Plus, read your Vernor Vinge.

ET to arrive? - (andread) - (29) - Jan. 15, 2005, 10:34:09 AM EST

Sounds like wishful thinking to me - (ben_tilly) - (28) - Jan. 15, 2005, 11:51:57 AM EST

A Mighty Big Given -NT - (andread) - Jan. 15, 2005, 10:52:14 PM EST

Stretch - (tablizer) - (14) - Jan. 16, 2005, 02:08:33 AM EST

Consider this... - (ben_tilly) - (13) - Jan. 20, 2005, 12:41:30 AM EST

Would tend to be highly punctuated, though - (drewk) - (10) - Jan. 20, 2005, 01:14:48 AM EST

It doesn't take the whole species... - (inthane-chan) - Jan. 20, 2005, 10:52:58 AM EST

Rules out any space travel by daemon -NT - (Silverlock) - (1) - Jan. 20, 2005, 11:31:19 AM EST

Pass me a screenwipe. -NT - (pwhysall) - Jan. 20, 2005, 11:33:33 AM EST

That is the appropriate timescale - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Jan. 21, 2005, 09:38:15 AM EST

I can think of a reason - (SpiceWare) - (2) - Jan. 21, 2005, 10:56:47 AM EST

Today, interplanetary, _TOMORROW_ the stars... - (imric) - Jan. 21, 2005, 11:00:25 AM EST

Imric already said it - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 21, 2005, 12:06:02 PM EST

Outsource the glory to a robot? - (tablizer) - (2) - Feb. 8, 2005, 10:05:56 PM EST

Why not? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Feb. 9, 2005, 07:32:23 PM EST

Plus, read your Vernor Vinge. -NT - (inthane-chan) - Feb. 9, 2005, 07:43:25 PM EST

Reasonable. Unless - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2005, 01:20:15 AM EST

True - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 21, 2005, 07:34:24 AM EST

Another question regarding ExtraTs . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (11) - Jan. 21, 2005, 05:08:45 AM EST

Sexual reproduction doesn't seem to be the barrier - (ben_tilly) - (10) - Jan. 21, 2005, 07:29:57 AM EST

One theory I've heard of the explosion . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Jan. 21, 2005, 11:54:01 AM EST

I've heard that one as well - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Jan. 21, 2005, 12:03:26 PM EST

Nit: "possible theories" - (drewk) - (7) - Jan. 22, 2005, 08:00:32 PM EST

'Dream the Possible Dream'___was a bust on Side B -NT - (Ashton) - Jan. 22, 2005, 11:48:48 PM EST

I don't see the joke - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Jan. 23, 2005, 06:24:02 PM EST

But is it "possibly" a theory? - (drewk) - (4) - Jan. 24, 2005, 07:47:24 AM EST

Ah. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Jan. 24, 2005, 09:37:09 AM EST

I've got this funny feeling ... - (drewk) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2005, 11:52:40 AM EST

{chortle} - (Ashton) - Jan. 24, 2005, 07:44:56 PM EST

You'd be wrong about that - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 24, 2005, 08:47:49 PM EST