visarga t1_it15bg3 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 4:23 AM

Reply to comment by ginger_gcups in Talked to people minimizing/negating potential AI impact in their field? eg: artists, coders... by kmtrp

> A supply of matter and energy

I think some raw materials are going to be inevitably contested unless we find abundant replacements or reach 100% recycling rate. A replicator won't save us if it needs rare material X.

FiFoFree t1_it2w094 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 3:21 PM

In theory all you need for an abundance of any element is other elements as stock, a particle accelerator, energy, and time.

In practice, we'd need the price and size of particle accelerators to go way down, the price of energy to go way down, and the time required to go way down before it would make a difference.

Then again... "Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough." -- Arthur C. Clarke.