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Something similar is described in Ted Chiang's Lifecycle of Software Objects https://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2010/fiction_the_lifecycle_of_software

Something similar is described in Ted Chiang's Lifecycle of Software Objects https://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2010/fiction_the_lifecycle_of_software_objects_by_ted_chiang https://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2010/fiction_the... "...We could run a society of them at hothouse speeds without any risk of them going feral, and see what they produce" I'm curious to see if there's a collection of similar works that go down this trope, or if it is indeed something that's only recently emerged.

abecedarius 9y ago
Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon. Mid-20th century.
- doormatt 9y ago
  THANK YOU! I have been looking for this short story for decades.
- 4dahalibut 9y ago
  It makes me so happy that the three parents to this comment all have the stories posted online for free, with the authors permission. There's definitely a correlation with this strain of hard science fiction.
  - wazoox 9y ago
    "Microcosmic God" doesn't seem freely available to me.
    - jonny_eh 9y ago
      Third google result for me: http://1pezeshk.com/wp-content/pics/2013/01/microcosmicgodtheodoresturgeon-111104040008-phpapp02_2.pdf http://1pezeshk.com/wp-content/pics/2013/01/microcosmicgodth... Hopefully it's legal and accessible for you.
      - wazoox 9y ago
        Thank you.