Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind

Chapter 2: Nanotechnology
ribosome "reads" this "control tape" sequentially, and acts on the directions
it provides.
[…]
The assembler 34 requires a detailed sequence of control signals, just as the
ribosome requires mRNA to control its actions. Such detailed control signals
can be provided by a computer.
In other words, the technology is already here to have machines—both
on the nano level and macro level—self-replicating. This is a very important
step toward the Singularity.
The above is of course a very simplistic way of defining
nanotechnology because it’s so much more complicated than this, but I am
trying to be as non-technical as possible. Those who want to learn more on
a scientific level can find many good scientific references on the Internet.
Now that we have covered the basics, it’s time to see what mainstream
media are telling us about nanotechnology and its progress in the scientific
community.
Nanotechnology in the Media
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n a report from RT (Russia Today) at the beginning of 2015, in
an article titled Enter the Matrix, two scientists were interviewed,
explaining what allegedly are the latest results from their research into
how hair-thin fiber optic cables—each thin cable having seven different
channels and functions—can be inserted into the brain and interact with the
neurological system in humans. 35 The application of this, claims a female
scientist, is to, for example, cure neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.
By inserting fiber cables into the brain and have those interact with the
neurological pathways, it will be possible either to cure Alzheimer’s, or, at
the least, make such persons much more functional.
This sounds as if it is a good idea, but the reporter is clever and asks
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[The assembler is a] device having a submicroscopic robotic arm under computer control. It will be capable of
holding and positioning reactive compounds in order to control the precise location at which chemical reactions
take place. This general approach should allow the construction of large atomically precise objects by a sequence
of precisely controlled chemical reactions, building objects molecule by molecule. If designed to do so, assemblers
will be able to build copies of themselves, that is, to replicate.
[http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/secret_projects/project207.htm]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S9rRqn49fw
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