tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post3192171374930414797..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Welcome to the MachineTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-62232265093554267702013-04-19T20:20:43.522-04:002013-04-19T20:20:43.522-04:00@Chris - Yeah, I think that's what probably in...@Chris - Yeah, I think that's what probably inspired my use of the term "moravec" for the group (though Orion's Arm may have got to it before Simmons, but they shorten it to "vec.")Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-18429985872446473302013-04-19T20:10:42.850-04:002013-04-19T20:10:42.850-04:00Good stuff. Partially inspired by the moravecs of ...Good stuff. Partially inspired by the moravecs of Dan Simmon's "Ilium"?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-64487696177314482342013-04-19T14:18:55.633-04:002013-04-19T14:18:55.633-04:00You've done it again. Excellent stuff!You've done it again. Excellent stuff!garrisonjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544523186717576771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-46649930319022640242013-04-19T09:53:09.111-04:002013-04-19T09:53:09.111-04:00Thanks for the reply. You set my gears a'whir...Thanks for the reply. You set my gears a'whirlin'.Justin S. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881276106170920830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-44361109690842898682013-04-19T08:20:30.503-04:002013-04-19T08:20:30.503-04:00Very cool -- and educational, as I was unaware tha...Very cool -- and educational, as I was unaware that "the appellation comes from the surname of a historical Old Earth scientist-prophet." Now I want to go read <i>Mind Children</i> and <i>Robot</i>. Chris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-90533480643657445852013-04-19T08:11:53.677-04:002013-04-19T08:11:53.677-04:00@Justin Davis - The top robot is from Foglio's...@Justin Davis - The top robot is from Foglio's D'Arc Tangent. You might remember the Dragon review back in the day. Anyway, I would imagine the self-replication varies. Some probably use "birthing facilities" that are essential factoris (or the future equivalent). Most would use nanofacture devices ("fabers") to essential 3D print an offspring. It may be they actually "grow" in some species: shedding old shells like insects and downloading into newer ones.<br /><br />Their digital minds (except for the exotic molecular Babbage engine exception) are probably grown from psychoblasts in a manner similar to all non-clone infosapients, and grow and develop into adulthood.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-34383200463931616812013-04-19T07:59:44.178-04:002013-04-19T07:59:44.178-04:00Great stuff. I've been on a robot kick for my...Great stuff. I've been on a robot kick for my Mutant Future game, and that top picture (the Black Manta-y one) is inspiring.<br /><br />Do you have a particular process in mind, as far as "self-replication" goes? Do they clone themselves via nanabots? Do they overwrite other, more primitive tech, and "usurp" it into new forms?<br /><br />Where do these baby-bots originate...? Justin S. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881276106170920830noreply@blogger.com