grey goo

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hypothetical end-of-the-world event involving nanotechnology, in which out-of-control self-replicating nanobots consume all life on Earth (or another planet or moon). uncountable
    — "Our first priority has to be quarantining Xinchub's body, and examining any Yomingians who may have handled it. I don't think we're headed for a grey-goo scenario here, but we'd all feel really bad if the local biosphere got consumed by nanobots after we left."

词形变化

gray goo alternative,US

词源

Coined by American engineer K. Eric Drexler in 1986 in Engines of Creation.
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