If (1) is true, then we will almost certainly go extinct before reaching posthumanity. If (2) is true, then there must be a strong convergence among the courses of advanced civilizations so that virtually none contains any relatively wealth…[^14]: See e.g. Drexler (1985) op cit., and R. A. Freitas Jr., “Some Limits to Global Ecophagy by Biovorous Nanoreplicators, with Public Policy Recommendations.” Zyvex preprint April (2000), http://www.foresight.org/NanoRev/Ecophagy.html.
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Robert A. Freitas Jr.
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Freitas is a nanotechnology researcher known for early theoretical work on molecular manufacturing and self-replicating nanomachines, appearing here primarily in a footnote addressing the "grey goo" scenario—the existential risk that uncontrolled nanobot replication could consume all available matter. His 2000 paper on ecophagy limits is cited by the course readings as a key policy-oriented attempt to bound this catastrophic possibility, anchoring discussions of technological risk assessment and precautionary governance in the AI/cybernetics seminar.
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