Assembler Prize
A941
08 Jul 2012
I have asked that question some time over the years but there seems to be no interesst but i will continue to do so maybe people will find it interessting one day.
What do you think about an assembler prize (like the methusalah mouse prize) to encourage the creation of the first drexlarian assembler (or the first steps it)?
What do you think about an assembler prize (like the methusalah mouse prize) to encourage the creation of the first drexlarian assembler (or the first steps it)?
niner
08 Jul 2012
If you knew what the first steps to it were, that might make some sense. At the moment, an assembler prize feels kind of like a time travel prize. It would be great if we could pull it off, but...
A941
10 Jul 2012
In some way we know.
We can see an Assembler the same way we see a machine with a certain task, the first steps would be movement, manipulation of atoms (positioning through assembler, building structures) without own "computer (stationary) , the ability to run simple programms, build structures with these Programs, and so on, finally to be able to replicate itself.
So i think the first step would be to create a simple structure(from nature) with such a device.
...Or we could ask an Expert what he would recommend, at last we would need an expert for the jury.
I really think this would boost things, any one else here who thinks the same?
We can see an Assembler the same way we see a machine with a certain task, the first steps would be movement, manipulation of atoms (positioning through assembler, building structures) without own "computer (stationary) , the ability to run simple programms, build structures with these Programs, and so on, finally to be able to replicate itself.
So i think the first step would be to create a simple structure(from nature) with such a device.
...Or we could ask an Expert what he would recommend, at last we would need an expert for the jury.
I really think this would boost things, any one else here who thinks the same?
treonsverdery
17 Jul 2012
I favor a nanoassembler prize
it would create a central area where people described their ideas as well. Im not sure yet I may have thought of a couple nanoassembler ideas
pantographic field
adjustable sized atom rotator
another thing
it would create a central area where people described their ideas as well. Im not sure yet I may have thought of a couple nanoassembler ideas
pantographic field
adjustable sized atom rotator
another thing
treonsverdery
17 Jul 2012
One thing that some people respond to as much as a prize is a trophy. If we could get someone to donate Alan Turing or Joseph Priestleys hat, Feynmans bongos or something that would be a kind of an amuse n motivate prize.
treonsverdery
17 Jul 2012
It is likely that people that like nanoassemblers also like computational automata
these are systems that using very simple rules cause notable behaviors. This image from wikipedia http://commons.wikim...rge_channel.gif shows a simple automata that causes a glider to move on a complex path as wikipedia describes it
Multiple low-level structures interact to allow one structure to "race" along a closed track. The racer starts as a glider in the diagonal column to the right of the main pattern. It is then reflected multiple times along the track. At the bottom it is temporally transformed into a spaceship. It then finishes the track as a glider again
Color_coded_racetrack_large_channel.gif 1.38MB
4 downloads
click to view the large animated version
Edited by treonsverdery, 17 July 2012 - 10:09 PM.
these are systems that using very simple rules cause notable behaviors. This image from wikipedia http://commons.wikim...rge_channel.gif shows a simple automata that causes a glider to move on a complex path as wikipedia describes it
Multiple low-level structures interact to allow one structure to "race" along a closed track. The racer starts as a glider in the diagonal column to the right of the main pattern. It is then reflected multiple times along the track. At the bottom it is temporally transformed into a spaceship. It then finishes the track as a glider again
Color_coded_racetrack_large_channel.gif 1.38MB
4 downloadsclick to view the large animated version
Edited by treonsverdery, 17 July 2012 - 10:09 PM.
