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Re:The Road to Self-Reproducing Machines by drran on Monday September 13, 2021 @05:56AM (#28509486)
Remote inspection and checksum of the device firmware can solve this problem. You should worry about intentional hacking of the firmware, i.e. self-replicating botnet.
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Re:The Road to Self-Reproducing Machines by nicoburns on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:14AM (#28510016)
This assumes that the firmware contains no bugs. As soon as it does, there is always the possibility of unexpected behaviour and an unintended evolutionary trajectory.
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