Robert Owen wrote:
>
> Robert J Bradbury wrote:
>
> > 2) What are the speed-limits to self-replication?
> >
> > 3) What are the speed-limits to evolution?
>
> In both cases, 29.
>
> > 4) How many really useful "biochemistries" (i.e. chemical systems
> > that can support self-replicating self-assembling machines)
> > are there and which of those can arise without conscious
> > intervention? [A variant of "How big is the phase-space for life?"]
>
> 29.
>
> > 6) What is the probability that an amoral, self-evolving, self-replicating
> > AI/Alife can develop and "breakout" by accident? { After all, the
> > computers and the net *are* an environmental niche... }
>
> 29.
Gee, I thought it was 42.
-- Doug Jones Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace http://www.xcor-aerospace.com
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