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Categories: Thought experiments in ethics, Multi-robot systems, Doomsday scenarios, Artificial life, Nanotechnology

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Gray goo is a hypothetical global catastrophic scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating machines consume all biomass on Earth while building many more of themselves, a scenario that has been called ecophagy. Wikipedia

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A hypothetical end-of-the-world event involving nanotechnology, in which out-of-control self-replicating nanobots consume all life on Earth. Wiktionary

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nanorobotics

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nanotechnology