If they started out similar, such agents could still come to differ culturally. So, one might be a hardware expert, another might be a programmer, and another might be a tester, as a result of exposure to different environments.
However, today we build computers of various sizes, optimised for various different applications—so probably more like that.
There’s a limit to how similar people can be made to each other, but if there are efforts to optimize all the testers (for example), it could be a problem.
Well, I doubt machines being too similar to each other will cause too many problems. The main case where that does cause problems is with resistance to pathogens—and let’s hope we do a good job of designing most of those out of existence. Apart from that, being similar is usually a major plus point. It facilitates mass production, streamlined and simplified support, etc.
If they started out similar, such agents could still come to differ culturally. So, one might be a hardware expert, another might be a programmer, and another might be a tester, as a result of exposure to different environments.
However, today we build computers of various sizes, optimised for various different applications—so probably more like that.
There’s a limit to how similar people can be made to each other, but if there are efforts to optimize all the testers (for example), it could be a problem.
Well, I doubt machines being too similar to each other will cause too many problems. The main case where that does cause problems is with resistance to pathogens—and let’s hope we do a good job of designing most of those out of existence. Apart from that, being similar is usually a major plus point. It facilitates mass production, streamlined and simplified support, etc.