Let Artificial Intelligence Evolve

The robots imagined by roboticist Hans Moravec in his 1990 book Mind Children are fascinating examples of evolution-compatible robots. Moravec calls them "robot bushes" because each limb branches fractally into more limbs. At the very tips would be tiny manipulators on a molecular scale, billions or even trillions of them. By touching an object with a million fingers, such a robot would be able to feel the bacteria and chemicals on its surface. It would be able to read an entire book at once by feeling the print on the pages.