https://apm.bplaced.net/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Nanobot_swarms 2026-04-20T20:15:24Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.0 https://apm.bplaced.net/w/index.php?title=Nanobot_swarms&diff=7113&oldid=prev 2018-07-11T15:52:11Z

<p>moved out as is from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Common_misconceptions_about_atomically_precise_manufacturing" title="Common misconceptions about atomically precise manufacturing">Common_misconceptions_about_atomically_precise_manufacturing</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== APM is like swarms of &quot;nanobots&quot; - wrong ==<br /> <br /> The main body of AP systems and products will be bulk materials produced by [[nanofactory|nanofactories]].<br /> Loose autonomous units [[molecular assembler|for productive purposes]] or only for applicative purposes <br /> (where loose means unconnected &amp; floating in air or water or &quot;crawling&quot; on surfaces applicable e.g. in form of sprays)<br /> are unpractical in relation to nanofactories.<br /> <br /> All kinds of loose units out of diamond like materials may pose environmental problems since spill of non-dissolving non-rotting material into the biosphere can have detrimental effects on many organisms for a long period of time.<br /> <br /> Loose units should thus be used only in limited ways by non rouge actors where there are no other options.<br /> One such case are medical purposes. They are somewhat of an exception.<br /> Their bio-compatible products don&#039;t resemble the productive units themselves thus they can be made devoid of any self replication capability.<br /> <br /> Pretty advanced APM systems (way beyond basic advanced APM systems) make swarms of loose productive units undeniable possible but they are over- and most often misrepresented in current media.<br /> SciFi is regularly painting unrealistic pictures of the [[the grey goo meme|classic dystopia]].</div>

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