Comment on Is it theoretically possible to construct a self reproducing mechanical device?
davidgro@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Constraint 5 seems like an odd addition, why wouldn’t you want something like this to also be potentially useful? I would imagine if anyone does this for real it probably would break that constraint (as the xenobots do), because there’s a good chance the builders would try to accomplish something with it.
enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
This is solely to keep the premise of the simple and clear. The device only has one objective: to create a copy of itself. The problem only concerns itself with whether it is theoretically even possible to construct such a device.