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> It's good as long self-termination is a nice-to-have feature. If you REALLY want them to self-terminate but you found out that they mutated and can now synthe
by fatboy93 10y ago
> It's good as long self-termination is a nice-to-have feature. If you REALLY want them to self-terminate but you found out that they mutated and can now synthesize X & Y, you're in trouble.
That's the premise of Jurassic Park 1, except with an amino acid.
- arximboldi 10y agoThere is this soviet science fiction story with a similar premise, but self-replicating machines: Crabs On The Island (Russian 1958, English 1968) (original: Kraby idut po ostrovu), by Anatoly Dneprov http://arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/15r.pdf http://arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/15r.pdf