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Nanotechnological Life
Topic Started: Aug 25 2008, 08:54 PM (915 Views)
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There could artificial life out there. Nanorobots who are desinged to mimic life and has its' own artificial genes could evolve to become strange organisms. Nanotechnological life could evolve features of which biological life cannot.

What are your thoughts?
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Actually, I've been thinking a lot about mechanically engineered life in general. In theory a significantly complex self-replicating machine should be able to evolve and demonstrate life-like qualities.
It would be neat to see machine life evolve.
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I expect much of the time it would be a simple blob/puddle, only taking a shape when it needs to do something
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Have you seen Desi's Mekayajuu? http://vengenceblood.deviantart.com/gallery/#mekayajuu-related
We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar.

"The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming

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I have thought so... if they are purely technologic in nature (abandoned robots, nanites or something) I think they would resemble no living organic creature. What would they do to gain energy? Maybe develop solar panel-like organs? Dissolve whatever junk is there on their planet? What would their purpose be?

On another matter, if this cybernetic life were once organic (cyborg'ed out until almost no organics was left), there is a possibility that it would look like its organic ancestors. I have developed a humanoid one (there's one or two on my devart page)... it started as a means to survive countless wars within their divided society, but then it became a necessity. I'll post more about this Mekanarod species.
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Not all nanolife needs to look like t-1000. Nanolife also might look like "ordinary" life, except that all of its micro-and-macro functions will be "intelligently designed." There will be none of the complicated pathways in its molecular biology, far less energy loss when "feeding" or doing whatever it does to obtain energy, practically no hereditary diseases, a "smart" immune system, smarter carbon architecture (diamond teeth?) etc.
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Artificial cells composed of nanomachies is something that has always fascinated me (being a sci-fi person and all). It would prove to be an major part of medical technology, maybe even becoming preferred over actual organic bodies by sophonts.

Plus, being cells (artificial, but cells nonetheless), they could undergo their own evolution, eventually forming naturally made artificial life (that sounds so weird to say).
We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar.

"The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming

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That is actually used by the Mekanarod as a substitute for blood and genetic material transport... very, very interesting ideas.
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this is a neat concept that i love and last night i found some thing awsome but not the most realistic that roughly fits this http://bfwingardiii.deviantart.com/art/Machinate-Evolutionis-77405800
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How would these creatures reproduce?

If they live on a world that still contains organic life, maybe they would act as viruses, transforming their hosts into exact copies of itself, using a mechanical form of Lamarckian evolution to pass on genes.

Any thought on mechanical reproduction and the above hypothosis in general?
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Reproduction would likely be the same as the normal biological life it mimics.
Edited by Giant Blue Anteater, Oct 21 2008, 09:06 PM.
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