Von Neumann Machine |
A machine which is able to build a working copy of itself using
materials in its environment. This is often proposed as a cheap way to mine
or colonize the entire solar system or galaxy. An early fictional treatment was the
short story "Autofac" by Philip K. Dick, published in 1955, which
actually seems to precede John von Neumann's original paper about
self-reproducing machines (von Neumann, J., 1966, The Theory of
Self-reproducing Automata, A. Burks, ed., Univ. Of Illinois Press, Urbana,
IL.). See also the John von Neumann page at Xerox.
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A machine which is able to build a working copy of itself using
materials in its environment. This is often proposed as a cheap way to mine
or colonize the entire solar system or galaxy. An early fictional treatment was the
short story "Autofac" by Philip K. Dick, published in 1955, which
actually seems to precede John von Neumann's original paper about
self-reproducing machines (J. Von Neumann, 1966; The Theory of
Self-reproducing Automata, A. Burks, ed., Univ. Of Illinois Press, Urbana,
IL.). See also the John von Neumann page at Xerox.
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(pronounced von noi-man) A machine which is able
to build a working copy of itself using materials in its environment.
This is often proposed as a cheap way to mine or colonize the entire solar system or galaxy.
An early fictional treatment was the short story "Autofac" by
Philip K. Dick, published in 1955, which actually seems to precede John von
Neumann's original paper about self-reproducing machines (von Neumann, J.,
1966, The Theory of Self-reproducing Automata, A. Burks, ed., Univ. Of Illinois
Press, Urbana, IL.). [AS]
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(pronounced von noi-man) A machine which is able
to build a working copy of itself using materials in its environment.
This is often proposed as a cheap way to mine or colonize the entire solar system or galaxy.
An early fictional treatment was the short story "Autofac" by
Philip K. Dick, published in 1955, which actually seems to precede John von
Neumann's original paper about self-reproducing machines (von Neumann, J.,
1966, The Theory of Self-reproducing Automata, A. Burks, ed., Univ. Of Illinois
Press, Urbana, IL.). [AS]
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