"Raymond G. Van De Walker" <rgvandewalker@juno.com> writes:
> The big advantage of ufog is that it provides many of the advantages of
It is often easier to rely on finished products than having the
production system itself (only DIY people, survivalists and
programmers disagree :-).
> However, it also looks like ufog is pretty hazardous by itself. Think of
> nanotech while exposing one to fewer hazards than a solution in which
> general-purpose assemblers are ubiquitous.
> the lung disease that could be caused by misprogrammed ufog.
You get the same problem with AI: what testing would be required before an AI program was allowed to completely run a nuclear power plant? Most likely a lot, and even then I guess insurance premiums would go up and if somethind did go wrong people would be sued to hell. But having humans is allright, as long as they have had a certain education and passed certain less stringent tests.
> Also, the value would then shift from the material to the intellectual
> property, right?
> Intellectual property however, can be cheap.
Values are already shifting from material to intellectual values.
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