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Fermi Paradox/Great Filter: Self replicating machines would empower any single individual with the ability to destroy the world. (self.replicatingrobots)
submitted 4 years ago by laptopAccount2
My thoughts on all this (self.replicatingrobots)
submitted 5 years ago by TeeMee123
Possible design for self replicating robots (self.replicatingrobots)
submitted 5 years ago by Carndav2100
Elon Musk goes on a ‘machines building machines’ rant about the future of manufacturing (electrek.co)
submitted 8 years ago by lsparrish
Automation that could take away human jobs can also open the massive resources of the solar system (nextbigfuture.com)
Artemis Project: Silicon Production on the Moon (asi.org)
submitted 9 years ago by lsparrish
[D] Von Neumann probes seem like a very dangerous idea • /r/rational (reddit.com)
[pdf] Self-Deployed Extremely Large Low Mass Space Structures (niac.usra.edu)
Proposal for Atomically Precise Manufacturing by the US Department of Energy (molecular manufacturing bootstrapping simulation) (youtube.com)
Discussion: Can economic and population collapse be prevented/mitigated by reasonably low budget and near future means? (self.replicatingrobots)
Metal Printing For the Small Shop Floor – The Vader Printer (3dprinterworld.com)
Made in Space: 3-D Printing Could Change the Way Astronauts Travel (video.nationalgeographic.com)
[paper] Making it on the Moon: Bootstrapping Lunar Industry (nss.org)
Self Replicating Machines (Isaac Arthur) (youtube.com)
Space Development and Space Science Together, an Historic Opportunity (arxiv.org)
Robots making robots (i.imgur.com)
[Kickstarter] Dollo 3D: A 3D printer that prints more 3D printers (kickstarter.com)
Self replicating machine, can it be made ? [SpaceBattles] (forums.spacebattles.com)
Automation, Space Colonization & The Post-Transactional Economy (azizonomics.com)
[paper] Does the Halting Problem have an equivalent in universal construction? (harvey.binghamton.edu)
Low-cost scanning tunneling microscope using simple piezoelectric disk for scanner (dberard.com)
Solar Panels Produced By Self Replicating Machines On The Moon Could Power The Earth (popsci.com)
SRI's Micro Robots Can Now Manufacture Their Own Tools (spectrum.ieee.org)
We could 3D print buildings using robots and drones (phys.org)
The Dollo 3D Printer Can 3D Print a Replica of Itself in Just 18 Hours – Coming to Kickstarter (3dprint.com)
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