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Re:The Road to Self-Reproducing Machines by Kim_Bruning on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:03AM (#28509952)
In fact, all living things form a category of self replicating machines.

Depending, your [highly optimized] self-replicator might have some stiff competition.

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Re:The Road to Self-Reproducing Machines by danielheath on Monday September 13, 2021 @08:00AM (#28510390)
The idea that a designed machine could be competitive with living things at self-replication (the sole target of a multi-millenia optimisation process) seems… pretty unlikely to me.
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Re:The Road to Self-Reproducing Machines by throwaway316943 on Monday September 13, 2021 @08:38PM (#28518759)
It doesn’t seem far fetched to me, evolution cannot see nor understand mistakes it makes. There is still plenty of room for optimization.
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