K. Eric Drexler: Envisioning Abundance Through Artificial Worlds

K. Eric Drexler is a senior research fellow at Oxford University and widely regarded as the father of nanotechnology. He has authored several seminal texts including Engines of Creation and Radical Abundance, his previous research focuses on scalable atomically precise manufacturing (APM) for the purpose of manipulating matter from the bottom up. He is currently examining the potential applications of AI-enabled automation in AI research and continues to challenge conventional approaches to AI by proposing a pluri-functional, decentralized intelligent system, Comprehensive AI Services (CAIS). CAIS rejects the notion that superintelligence must be modeled after the human mind, and instead composes broad AI systems out of many diverse, narrower-purpose components. Dr. Drexler has worked to democratize an understanding of nanotechnology and is directing a software development project based in top-down progressive refinement, adopting simulative environments and encouraging users to envision multiple futures for advanced systems.