The Evolution of Nanomachinery

csy writes: "Harvard's George Whitesides has a wonderful article on Nanomachinery in this month's issue of Scientific American. He casts doubts on the Drexlerian vision of mechanical assemblers, and argues that biology and chemistry, rather than mechanical engineering point to the answers in the quest for nanomachines."

Comments

This idea will bring out the fear in Science.

[Martigan80]

First of all thank you for the article.

Second, think about it. The ideas in this article bring some debates. We as humans are always trying to make computers life-like, trying to induce a sense of self with in. We want the computer to make a choice with out the guidance of a complicated algorithm. If we do use the approach suggested in this article than these nano-machine will eventually develop a conscious!

Do we wanna play this game?