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bioemerl · 3557 days ago · link · · parent · post: WHY YOU SHOULD FEAR MACHINE INTELLIGENCE - Part 1
Carbon (organic compounds) can make more molecues than every other known combination of all other elements. Plasma, silicone, etc, are not nearly as capable of forming the complex chains needed to form coherent and self-replicating life. It is feasible to make life from other things, but not practice, as you cannot create the massive and complex chains that react in such specific ways without the very unique traits of carbon atoms.