tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1527116994158415103..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The Coming Revolution in Micro RoboticsSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-1307648292490062642017-08-09T07:24:19.196-04:002017-08-09T07:24:19.196-04:00Do you mean like "Damn You Auto Correct"...Do you mean like "<a href="http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com" rel="nofollow">Damn You Auto Correct</a>"?<br /><br />I've been typing blog posts for going on 8 years and there isn't a single post that doesn't need a word added to its dictionary. I can understand it not having "microbotics" but not having "wetsuit"? <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-8269071728191456382017-08-09T00:30:58.387-04:002017-08-09T00:30:58.387-04:00"worse from there." How about AI for spe..."worse from there." How about AI for spell-checks?Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-32800976009460733272017-08-09T00:28:43.880-04:002017-08-09T00:28:43.880-04:00It is an unfortunate aspect of the human condition...It is an unfortunate aspect of the human condition that government - any government - is an entity which seeks greater and greater control over the people who are governed. Pretty much every technological advance - from fire to nuclear energy, to nano-technology - can and _has_ been used to control the governed. So it is a simple fact that nano-technology _will_ be used against us. Some of it we may be aware of (or made aware of by the Snowdens among us), and some will certainly be kept hidden, for as long as possible.<br /><br />I anticipate that government's first use of nano-tech against us will be to simply keep track of our whereabouts, to start. I imagine it will be very simple to insert some n-t with your seasonal 'flu shot, or a child's mandatory vaccinations required for attending school. Transmitting the location only when queried via a particular signal established for either people in general or perhaps specific to each individual, it would be likely be undetectable. And it would (will?) get worse from their.<br /><br />If you have seen the sci-fi movie called "The Island", you will have a notion of how invasive things can get when the government can track not only your location, but you blood chemistry, emotional status, etc. I'd like to think many of us would opt out (if we are allowed to do so), but if getting "tagged" or monitored is a requirement for being employed, admitted to a hospital or accessing _any_ medical care for yourself or your children, most folks are going to go along with it.<br /><br />The pluses will possibly outweigh the minuses, but it will be interesting to see how far we permit government to use emerging technologies to not only invade our privacy, but control our lives - as we already do to a certain extent now, via the IRS, FDA, EPA, DOE, HHS, etc.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51289389804143348612017-08-08T23:43:51.173-04:002017-08-08T23:43:51.173-04:00We already live in a soup of grey goo, called &quo...We already live in a soup of grey goo, called "bacteria". This arms race has been ongoing for a billion years. The largest organ of our body, the skin, is devoted to personal privacy. If we lose the function of our skin, say with a large area burn injury, the goo will multiply and eat us, turning our bodies into their bodies, in days. Food also is held in embargo inside a tube, with each molecule inspected before it is transferred into our bodies. The conveyor belt moves along, and anything not specifically accepted for uptake is eliminated out the other end of the tube.<br /><br />We have learned how not to close a positive gain loop around our alimentary canals. Is there anything more basic to civilization than sewers? Even fire is less important once the population density increases.<br /><br />The _Diamond Age_ plot assumed gun control works, keeping nanotech out of any hands but governments'. A more realistic projection is that gun control does not work, and every doublewide trailer will have a no-man's land around it keeping the looters and moochers out. Enchanted forest will be especially effective because it stops surveillance from above. Gates etc. are pushing gun control.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to a Robot Welch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com