Grey Goo
Definition: "A scary concept dreamed up by Erik K Drexler whereby tiny assemblers, or molecular machines, that are capable of making copies of themselves, are let loose and proceed to replicate uncontrollably, consuming everything in their path and turning it into a grey goo."
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• self-replication
• assembler  

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"The scenario is not given a lot of credence by many, even including those who believe in the practicability of a self-replicating assembler. Much discussion can be found at www.foresight.org, along with the text of Drexler's original book, Engines of Creation. US spelling: gray goo."
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