{"id":12305,"date":"2016-10-01T06:10:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T10:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=12305"},"modified":"2016-09-17T21:21:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T01:21:06","slug":"self-replicating-robots-and-galactic-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=12305","title":{"rendered":"Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To check out any of the lectures available from Great Courses Plus go to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/dweH302dILJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/dweH302dILJ\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwjuk7vI0JfPAhVQnpwKHVRuB-wo-B0\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/dweH302dILJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4H55wybU3rI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll soon be capable of building self-replicating robots. This will not only change humanity\u2019s future but reshape the galaxy as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>Get your own Space Time t\u00adshirt at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwjuk7vI0JfPAhVQnpwKHVRuB-wo-B0\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi<\/a><br \/>\nTweet at us! @pbsspacetime<br \/>\nFacebook: facebook.com\/pbsspacetime<br \/>\nEmail us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com<br \/>\nComment on Reddit:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwjuk7vI0JfPAhVQnpwKHVRuB-wo-B0\">http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous Episode &#8211; Is there a 5th Fundamental Force<br \/>\n<a class=\" yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MuvwcsfXIIo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MuvwcsfXIIo\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDEQ6TgiEwjuk7vI0JfPAhVQnpwKHVRuB-wo-B0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Muvwc&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should we Build a Dyson Sphere?<br \/>\n<a class=\" yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jW55cViXu6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jW55cViXu6s\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDEQ6TgiEwjuk7vI0JfPAhVQnpwKHVRuB-wo-B0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jW55c&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Self-assembling robots are referred to as von Neumann machines after the man responsible for originally proposing them, John von Neumann. Since then, the potential of these machines and their ability to proliferate throughout known space has made galactic colonization seem not only possible but perhaps inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Written and hosted by Matt O\u2019Dowd<\/p>\n<p>Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)<\/p>\n<p>References:<br \/>\nvon Neumann, John The Theory of Self-reproducing Automata, Urbana, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press. ed. A. Burks, 1966<\/p>\n<p>Robert A. Freitas Jr., Ralph C. Merkle, Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines, Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, 2004;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.molecularassembler.com\/KSRM.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.MolecularAssembler.com\/KSRM.htm\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwjuk7vI0JfPAhVQnpwKHVRuB-wo-B0\">http:\/\/www.MolecularAssembler.com\/KSR&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robo3D R1 printing an upgrade for itself<br \/>\n<a class=\" yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1e_Bfo1fD3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1e_Bfo1fD3o\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDEQ6TgiEwjuk7vI0JfPAhVQnpwKHVRuB-wo-B0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1e_Bf&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To check out any of the lectures available from Great Courses Plus go to\u00a0http:\/\/ow.ly\/dweH302dILJ We\u2019ll soon be capable of building self-replicating robots. This will not only change humanity\u2019s future but reshape the galaxy as we know it. Get your own Space Time t\u00adshirt at\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com\/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime Previous Episode &#8211; Is there a 5th Fundamental Force https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Muvwc&#8230; Should we Build a Dyson Sphere? https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jW55c&#8230; Self-assembling robots are referred to as von Neumann machines after the man responsible for originally proposing them, John von Neumann. Since then, the potential of these machines and their ability to proliferate throughout known space has made galactic colonization seem not only possible but perhaps inevitable. Written and hosted by Matt O\u2019Dowd Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) References: von Neumann, John The Theory of Self-reproducing Automata, Urbana, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press. ed. A. Burks, 1966 Robert A. Freitas Jr., Ralph C. Merkle, Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines, Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, 2004;\u00a0 http:\/\/www.MolecularAssembler.com\/KSR&#8230; Robo3D R1 printing an upgrade for itself https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1e_Bf&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[97,551,853],"class_list":["post-12305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu","tag-education","tag-education-saturday","tag-space-time"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12306,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305\/revisions\/12306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}