Engines of CreationIn this original book about the consequences of new technologies, Drexler takes the reader through exhilarating new discoveries and the promise of those around the corner. Beginning with the insight that what we can do depends on what we can build, Drexler analyzes nanotechnology, which involves the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules. He makes a plausible case for expecting technological developments in artificial intelligence and molecular engineering that will result in tiny mechanisms being controlled by microscopic powerful thinking computers. He also explains how the new alternatives could be directed toward vital human concerns -- wealth or poverty, health or sickness, peace or war. ISBN 0-385-19972-4: $17.95. |
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in Chapters 11 and ... Meme ” is a meme that was launched in the last chapter of
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... between a law and a command . These will be important to matters discussed
in Chapters 11 and ... Meme ” is a meme that was launched in the last chapter of
The Selfish Gene ( see above ) . P . 36 . . . selfish motives can encourage ...
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duction of that hardware in unprecedented quantities ( see Chapter 4 ) . For
better or for worse , this will make possible an unusually abrupt change in
technology , in economics , and in world affairs . CHAPTER 4 : ENGINES OF
ABUNDANCE ...
duction of that hardware in unprecedented quantities ( see Chapter 4 ) . For
better or for worse , this will make possible an unusually abrupt change in
technology , in economics , and in world affairs . CHAPTER 4 : ENGINES OF
ABUNDANCE ...
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Molecular experiments can be done about a millionfold faster than macroscopic
experiments , since an assembler arm can perform actions at a million times the
rate of a human arm ( see Chapter 4 ) . Thus , molecular machines and fast Al ...
Molecular experiments can be done about a millionfold faster than macroscopic
experiments , since an assembler arm can perform actions at a million times the
rate of a human arm ( see Chapter 4 ) . Thus , molecular machines and fast Al ...
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Contents
Engines of Construction | 3 |
The Principles of Change | 21 |
Predicting and Projecting | 39 |
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| Title | Engines of Creation The Anchor library of science |
| Author | K. Eric Drexler |
| Contributor | Marvin Minsky |
| Publisher | Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0385199724, 9780385199728 |
| Length | 298 pages |
| Subjects | › Technology & Engineering / General |
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