environment, thus exhibiting self-replication in a way analogous to that found in nature. The concept of self-replicating machines has been advanced and examined...
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Self-replicating 3D printer initiative (self-replicated 3D printer) Self-replicating machine – Device able to make copies of itself Self-replicating spacecraft –...
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and the only common trait is the self-replicating nature. A von Neumann probe is a spacecraft capable of replicating itself. It is a concatenation of...
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Von Neumann universal constructor (redirect from Self-replicating automata)
John von Neumann's universal constructor is a self-replicating machine in a cellular automaton (CA) environment. It was designed in the 1940s, without...
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Gray goo (category Self-replicating machines)
scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating machines consume all biomass (and perhaps also everything else) on Earth...
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Quine (computing) (redirect from Self-replicating program)
theory and computer science literature are "self-replicating programs", "self-reproducing programs", and "self-copying programs". A quine is a fixed point...
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Molecular assembler (redirect from Self-replicating molecular assembler)
sense. These include hypothetical machines that manipulate individual atoms and machines with organism-like self-replicating abilities, mobility, ability to...
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Self-replicating machines Replication (computing), the use of redundant resources to improve reliability, fault-tolerance, or performance Replication...
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architecture IAS machine, a computer designed in the 1940s based on von Neumann's design Self-replicating machine, a class of machines that can replicate themselves...
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also known as "digital referenced areas" (DRA) in some forms of self-replicating machine science. In the early 1990s, there was a significant amount of...
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Advocates of self-replicating machines such as Adrian Bowyer, the creator of the RepRap project, argue that once a self-replicating machine is designed...
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AI takeover (redirect from Machine rule)
intelligence arms race Autonomous robot Industrial robot Mobile robot Self-replicating machine Cyberocracy Effective altruism Existential risk from artificial...
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Berserker (novel series) (category Self-replicating machines in fiction)
short stories and novels by Fred Saberhagen, in which robotic self-replicating machines strive to destroy all life. These Berserkers, named after the...
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nanorobotics, how nanotechnology can extend the life of humans, self-replicating machines, and Cryonics. Freitas introduced the concept of "sentience quotient"...
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Machinist calculator Metalworking Multimachine Numerical control Self-replicating machine Swarf Tool bit Tool wear Tool Ways Types of press tools Define...
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RepRap Snappy (category Self-replicating machines)
goal of the RepRap project of creating a 'general-purpose self-replicating manufacturing machine'. The RepRap Snappy is able to create 73% of its own parts...
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generally accepted to be a self-replicating version of Creeper created by Ray Tomlinson and Bob Thomas at BBN in 1971 to replicate itself across the ARPANET...
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RepRap (section Replication materials)
RepRap (a contraction of replicating rapid prototyper) is a project to develop low-cost 3D printers that can print most of their own components. As open...
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imperfect self-replication and thus imperfect self-perpetuation because of recombination and mutation. Organisms are not like self-replicating machine but amass...
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layouts require less electricity.[citation needed] Automation Self-replicating machine "Toward the automatic factory" in "Electronic Servicing & Technology"...
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Autopoiesis (category Self-replication)
descriptions of redirect targets Self-replication – Type of behavior of a dynamical system Self-replicating machine – Device able to make copies of itself...
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Superintelligence (redirect from Machine superintelligence)
Outline of artificial intelligence Posthumanism Robotics Self-replication Self-replicating machine Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Mucci, Tim;...
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fiction novel with intrigue centered on self-configuring nanobotic swarms Grey goo scenario Self-replicating machine Bionics Free robotics Morphogenetic robotics...
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in 2010 and has published works on molecular manipulation and self-replicating machines. Ralph Merkle is a grandnephew of baseball star Fred Merkle and...
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and the Machine is a book written by Norbert Wiener and published in 1948. It is the first public usage of the term "cybernetics" to refer to self-regulating...
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Astrochicken (category Self-replicating machines)
Freeman Dyson. An Astrochicken is a small, one-kilogram spacecraft, a self-replicating automaton that could explore space more efficiently than a crewed craft...
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envisioning self-replicating machines sent to explore and exploit other planets and moons, and a NASA group called the Self-Replicating Systems Concept...
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Press, Princeton, N. J., 1956 Moore graph Breadth-first search Self-replicating machine Shortest Path Faster Algorithm Memorial Resolution of the Faculty...
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) (category Self-replicating machines in fiction)
the robot transforms into a swarm of winged insect-like nano-machines that self-replicate as they consume every man-made object in their path. The swarm...
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Erewhon (redirect from Book of the Machines)
three-chapter "Book of the Machines", with the potentially dangerous ideas of machine consciousness and self-replicating machines. In Erewhon, illness is...
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