"'Diamondoid bacteria' nanobots: deadly threat or dead-end? A nanotech investigation" by titotal
Oct 03, 2023•37 min
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Episode description
A lot of people are highly concerned that a malevolent AI or insane human will, in the near future, set out to destroy humanity. If such an entity wanted to be absolutely sure they would succeed, what method would they use? Nuclear war? Pandemics?
According to some in the x-risk community, the answer is this: The AI will invent molecular nanotechnology, and then kill us all with diamondoid bacteria nanobots.
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bc8Ssx5ys6zqu3eq9/diamondoid-bacteria-nanobots-deadly-threat-or-dead-end-a
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