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Most simple production does not require strong AI. You might not get exponential tech advancement (which does require labor or strong AI), but you'd get exponential advancement in stuff until you hit some other limit. |
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09-07-2017, 02:28 PM | #22 | |
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09-07-2017, 03:47 PM | #23 | |
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3D printing is an area where transhumanist SF is prone to hand-waving and magical thinking, abandoning its pretensions to SFnal diamond-hardness. And nope, TS society doesn't appear to have turned all magical, despite the highly simplified and abstracted rules for 3D printers in the book.
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09-07-2017, 03:53 PM | #24 | |
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There's a general problem with 3d printers and the like: you have to choose between cool effects and rational economics. A cool effect is "My $100,000 robotic minifac can print a $100 device in 1 hour" (this is vanilla UT). Rational economics looks at that and says "That's not a $100 device, it's a $2 device". |
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09-07-2017, 04:32 PM | #27 | |
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09-07-2017, 04:36 PM | #28 |
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There are certain classes of products where licensing can realistically be the primary cost. Commodities would not be one of those things, and 3d printers don't distinguish between different classes of goods.
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09-08-2017, 08:11 AM | #30 | |
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This is a good point. Generic goods should be purchasable at a steep discount from the list price. |
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