The Dream of the Universal Constructor

Auteurs-es

  • Walter Barta University of Houston

Mots-clés :

replicator

Résumé

Imagine inventing a “Universal Constructor”, a machine that can molecularly assemble anything you want it to (within physical possibility). Should you construct such a machine? And what should you construct with it?

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2024-10-20

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Barta, Walter. 2024. « The Dream of the Universal Constructor ». The International Review of Information Ethics 34 (1). Edmonton, Canada. https://informationethics.ca/index.php/irie/article/view/535.

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Vol. 34 No. 1 (2024): Case Studies in AI Ethics

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© Walter Barta 2024

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