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Can 3D printer be used to print 3D printer?
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  • 1Flooranonymity
  • 2021-08-07 18:38
Currently: No. The foreseeable future: no
1.The reason why the current 3D printer is called a 3D printer,
It is not called "3D maker" or "universal producer".
It is because the 3D objects it produces are not the whole thing that has been assembled, but the parts(s).
The final assembly work of the product that humans desire is not, foreseeable, and impossible to be completed by the 3D printer itself.
Obviously, the design, assembly, and maintenance of a 3D printer are more difficult than manufacturing its parts. Even so, even if only the parts are made, we have to supply raw materials and provide electricity. In the self-circulation mode, this is absolutely impossible.
2.At present, 3D printers are far from reaching the full form of 3D manufacturing that people expect it to achieve. They can only "print parts." As for assembling, debugging, and maintenance work, most of them rely on human hands. As for Industry 4.0, AI+IoT, and the Internet of Everything, these are just more advanced forms of productivity organization, which are far from cracking the fundamental mystery of the origin of life and the essence of consciousness-and then truly "human" machine intelligence, from theory to reality- -There is still a world away. At present, 3D printing equipment can only print parts and has no assembly function. As for the independent design or even organization of production by AI, it is simply impossible. Real manufacturing cannot leave the participation of human beings.
Perhaps the ideal of AIs is the sea of ​​stars, but at this stage, mankind only needs an electric switch to stifle the dreams of these Skynet and Matrix empires to rule the earth in the future.
3. As for the distant future: there is no problem.
Early complex organic compounds did just that. They use organic materials as materials and use nucleic acids to transmit information. When the two nuclei connected by the cell filaments begin to divide, it can be seen as a 3D object printing another 3D object. And this process will continue. Thus, the greatest journey in the universe began.