grey goo

hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario

Event thought_experiment Q22192

Facts

4 properties

Instance of: thought experiment, global catastrophic risk, screenplay, hypothesis^[2]^[3]^[4]
Facet of: nanorobot, Earth^[5]^[6]
Has part(s) of the class: nanorobot^[9]
Studied by: nanotechnology, philosophy of artificial intelligence^[7]^[8]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 7

Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: grey_goo
Freebase ID: /m/017v90
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 54663543
Quora topic ID: Grey-Goo-Scenario
RationalWiki ID: Grey_goo
ScienceDirect topic ID: engineering/grey-goo
TV Tropes ID: Main/GreyGoo

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🔗 Connections

Instance of 4

hypothesis, screenplay, thought experiment, global catastrophic risk

Facet of 2

Earth, nanorobot

Studied by 2

nanotechnology, philosophy of artificial intelligence

← Inspired by 2

Grey Goo, Tasty Planet

Has part(s) of the class 1

nanorobot

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Summary

grey goo is a thought experiment^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ grey goo — instance of (P31): global catastrophic risk. Retrieved 2019-06-21. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ grey goo — instance of (P31): screenplay. Retrieved 2019-06-21. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ grey goo — instance of (P31): hypothesis. Retrieved 2019-06-21. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ grey goo — facet of (P1269): nanorobot. Retrieved 2019-06-21. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ grey goo — facet of (P1269): Earth. Retrieved 2019-06-21. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ grey goo — studied by (P2579): nanotechnology. Retrieved 2019-06-21. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ grey goo — studied by (P2579): philosophy of artificial intelligence. Retrieved 2019-06-21. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ grey goo — has part(s) of the class (P2670): nanorobot. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ grey goo is an instance of thought experiment (Q147027) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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