[extropy-chat] ImmInst Chat - Mike Treder, Nanotech

[Bruce J. Klein]

>>How Dangerous is Nanotech?
>>Mike Treder - ImmInst Chat
>
>I am very sorry I am going to miss this.  This chat is great fun, and Mike 
>is really hot on this topic.
>
>Natasha

Yes, Mike was an informative and helpful chat guest.  ImmInst is grateful 
for his participation.

CHAT EXCERPT:

[20:03] <Treder> Let me start by saying that nanotech is not very dangerous 
now -- but in the near future, when MNT is developed, it could prove 
extremely risky.

[20:03] <@BruceK> Could you give the worst case scenario?

[20:05] <Treder> Worst case, one nation other than the US develops MNT 
first. The US recognizes the potential loss of world leadership and nukes 
the other country. Or tries to, but it's too late, because MNT has already 
developed superior weaponry.

[20:04] <Jonesey> Mike, is there a risk specific to nanotech but not to 
technological advance in general? We're seeing airplanes being deployed as 
weapons, trucks as bombs, you name it. Isn't the issue more of why we're so 
angry at each other, since that'll spill over into whatever technology we 
develop?

[20:06] <Treder> Jonesy, MNT exacerbates the human problems you refer to, 
by making single humans or small groups potentially far more dangerous.

[20:05] <John_Ventureville> Mike, Is there a science fiction story/novel 
which you feel shows how you think things may/will develop?

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