So I am listening to a litrpg.and they’re doing the supreme overpowered thing that I am not a real fan of, and the “magical element” this time is self aware AI.
They invent parallel dimensional travel and the author shows a nicely thought out concept of infinity. As they are explaining this to the audience they offhandedly mention AIs who are seeking dimensions where NO biological life has ever existed.
So sure the AI will inhabit there with robots, this makes sense… then I thought “Do you think they’re going to miss things like rubber?”
Like rubber is from the rubber tree and either they’re going to bring life along… which sort of defeats the purpose all together or…
Or they’re going to mimic the process that life puts base elements and materials through. Like rubber is Carbon and hydrogen… surely given enough time a robotic AI civilization could capture both and mimic the natural processes that a rubber tree does to make them into rubber.
Could we do the same thing with sugar to alcohol?
Like can we mimic the processes that yeast does to make alcohol? Is this a branch of chemistry? a branch of biology? What would you call the nonbiological mimicry of biological processes?
Interesting stuff
PS aure they could find work arounds that would be cheaper easier and more efficient but I’m interested in the end thoughts more than the processes that would likely happen instead.