A really silly idea...
What would happen if your nanobots unionised, and started threatening strike action unless they got better pay and working conditions?
Or, started getting into demarkation disputes with other groups of nanobots...
Having to negotiate with the (just) sub-human hive intelligence in your nanobots, to actually get them to do anything for you could be ... unfortunate.
Also, pity if your nanotech decides all that body mass you're using is a waste of good carbon, and you should be uploaded into a nice safe virtual environment, so it could all be recycled to better use... Followed by the rest of the population of the planet... I recommend Charles Stross's "Accelerando".
If you're messing with nanotech, you'd better hope that you have a really Friendly AI (FAI) that drives it for you.
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
What would happen if your nanobots unionised, and started threatening strike action unless they got better pay and working conditions?
Or, started getting into demarkation disputes with other groups of nanobots...
Having to negotiate with the (just) sub-human hive intelligence in your nanobots, to actually get them to do anything for you could be ... unfortunate.
Also, pity if your nanotech decides all that body mass you're using is a waste of good carbon, and you should be uploaded into a nice safe virtual environment, so it could all be recycled to better use... Followed by the rest of the population of the planet... I recommend Charles Stross's "Accelerando".
If you're messing with nanotech, you'd better hope that you have a really Friendly AI (FAI) that drives it for you.
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind