Before we Develop Self-Replicating Machines to Explore the Universe, we Should Figure out how to Turn Them off Again - Universe Today

In a recent study, aerospace engineer Prof. Alex Ellery proposes a biologically-inspired method that could keep self-replicating robots from running amok!

In 1948/49, famed computer scientist, engineer, and physicist John von Neumann introduced the world to his revolutionary idea for a species of self-replicating robots (aka. “Universal Assemblers”). I… [+16124 chars]

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