A chip fab is where we currently manufacture semiconductors.
What I’m really asking is: what do you call the moment in time when a system becomes a fully autonomous replicator? And what do you think will happen politically? In this scenario humans are still in control of the ai.
Imagine an AI system that can:
Operate mining equipment and extract raw materials
Construct a fully functional semiconductor fab (including complex machinery like EUV tools)
Use that fab to create more machines, servers, and computing infrastructure
At that point, such an AI wouldn’t need humans in the loop.
I chose a semiconductor fab as the example because it’s arguably the most technically challenging piece of the replication puzzle.
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