6th March 2005, 12:55 PM
Robot DNA? The purpose of DNA is to carry genes, robots dont have genes. In fact, they dont wear pants at all.
lmao
Anyway, it's more logical that a robot could create a womb where it can manipulate existing DNA/parts from the host, it would just need an algorythm which could be considered life to begin the process of self awareness. Think Batteries Not Included; Taking spare parts in to a womb to create robots after an algorythm (mating) has been created as a mix between robots so that the birthed robot is a mixture of both parents and continues those traits.
The real trick though is getting a robot to understand self awareness. To say "I exist, I have purpose, I desire to gain" is a trait only found in living things and is unfortunately extremely hard to reproduce artificially.
All animals understand that they're alive and they dont want to die, they understand that they're either a pack or a loner and must emulate parents or use instinctive behavior (usually both) in order to survive and move on in to adulthood where opinions are formed (should I chase that, or let it go? Do I have the energy right now to chase that? etc) and learn from others around you with the ultimate goal of gaining ground and numbers by reproducing. Lions fight for territory, the more territory you have the greater your pride and power is. Humans follow the same course of action quite litteraly and it all comes down to self motivation and perpetuation of ultimate goals which are a constant.
A robot would need to be cared for in the same way a person is to help it form all of these things. You would have to concentrate on the mother first and create a womb for her and then form the father with either of the two: The ability to carry personal code ID and use that code in reproduction (just like sperm) or a two part algorythm (the mother having the second part); Introduce them, if the robots were given the proper protocols and coding, they would come to an understanding of self awareness, existence, purpose for existence and desire to gain. That process is much more complicated in a singular vision, a combined vision is easier to grasp.
But then at that point you have the adam and eve scenario where two parents form a population and that population breeds within itself. If you do the math based on the story of adam and eve, we're all third cousins. But a robot should be able to remove any harmful retardation.
But creating a robot or program of that magnitude would take several thousand lifetimes and we've only just begun scratching the surface of computers which is now in its 50th decade. A few hundred years at the increased rate we're at right now should get us there.
dammit I haven't had coffee yet
lmao
Anyway, it's more logical that a robot could create a womb where it can manipulate existing DNA/parts from the host, it would just need an algorythm which could be considered life to begin the process of self awareness. Think Batteries Not Included; Taking spare parts in to a womb to create robots after an algorythm (mating) has been created as a mix between robots so that the birthed robot is a mixture of both parents and continues those traits.
The real trick though is getting a robot to understand self awareness. To say "I exist, I have purpose, I desire to gain" is a trait only found in living things and is unfortunately extremely hard to reproduce artificially.
All animals understand that they're alive and they dont want to die, they understand that they're either a pack or a loner and must emulate parents or use instinctive behavior (usually both) in order to survive and move on in to adulthood where opinions are formed (should I chase that, or let it go? Do I have the energy right now to chase that? etc) and learn from others around you with the ultimate goal of gaining ground and numbers by reproducing. Lions fight for territory, the more territory you have the greater your pride and power is. Humans follow the same course of action quite litteraly and it all comes down to self motivation and perpetuation of ultimate goals which are a constant.
A robot would need to be cared for in the same way a person is to help it form all of these things. You would have to concentrate on the mother first and create a womb for her and then form the father with either of the two: The ability to carry personal code ID and use that code in reproduction (just like sperm) or a two part algorythm (the mother having the second part); Introduce them, if the robots were given the proper protocols and coding, they would come to an understanding of self awareness, existence, purpose for existence and desire to gain. That process is much more complicated in a singular vision, a combined vision is easier to grasp.
But then at that point you have the adam and eve scenario where two parents form a population and that population breeds within itself. If you do the math based on the story of adam and eve, we're all third cousins. But a robot should be able to remove any harmful retardation.
But creating a robot or program of that magnitude would take several thousand lifetimes and we've only just begun scratching the surface of computers which is now in its 50th decade. A few hundred years at the increased rate we're at right now should get us there.
dammit I haven't had coffee yet