> If they can mine for resources, think, do actions and reproduce. "synthetic life" Essentially the story of the Horizon series of video games: https://en.wiki

> If they can mine for resources, think, do actions and reproduce. "synthetic life" Essentially the story of the Horizon series of video games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_(video_game_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_(video_game_series), and I'm sure many other sci-fi novels.