Self-replicating machine: Revision history

1 June 2024

• curprev 07:1507:15, 1 June 2024‎ Magioladitis talk contribs‎ m 46,083 bytes −1‎ →‎In fiction: Moved punctuation mark to correct place + other fixes, References after punctuation per WP:CITEFOOT and WP:PAIC undo Tag: AWB

14 April 2024

• curprev 15:1815:18, 14 April 2024‎ Rorshacma talk contribs‎ 46,084 bytes +1,741‎ Merging from Self-replicating machines in fiction per consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Self-replicating machines in fiction (2nd nomination) undo

8 April 2024

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1 April 2024

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30 March 2024

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1 January 2024

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26 August 2023

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11 February 2023

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3 February 2023

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29 January 2023

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4 October 2022

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1 September 2022

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23 August 2022

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4 August 2022

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3 August 2022

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17 July 2022

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27 June 2022

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22 June 2022

• curprev 15:3315:33, 22 June 2022‎ GhostInTheMachine talk contribs‎ 42,710 bytes −84‎ Changing short description from "Type of autonomous robot that is capable of reproducing itself autonomously using raw materials found in the environment" to "Device able to make copies of itself" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

10 June 2022

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29 March 2022

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15 February 2022

• curprev 14:2914:29, 15 February 2022‎ KaentinWede talk contribs‎ 42,722 bytes +30‎ add reference to Quine page (self replicating computer program) undo

17 January 2022

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15 January 2022

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3 January 2022

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1 January 2022

• curprev 18:2918:29, 1 January 2022‎ DrTimTaylor talk contribs‎ 45,611 bytes +665‎ →‎Self-replicating spacecraft: Added a sentence about J. D. Bernal's early contribution, and also of early pulp sci-fi such as Laurence Manning's work from 1933. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

29 December 2021

• curprev 15:2715:27, 29 December 2021‎ DrTimTaylor talk contribs‎ m 44,946 bytes −1‎ →‎Von Neumann's kinematic model: Fixed typo in von Neumann's name undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit
• curprev 15:2615:26, 29 December 2021‎ DrTimTaylor talk contribs‎ 44,947 bytes +98‎ Corrected the description of Paley's contribution. The previous wording had suggested that Paley said that the capacity of self-reproduction would render the question of who designed the watch moot, but this is not what he said. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

28 December 2021

• curprev 13:2513:25, 28 December 2021‎ DrTimTaylor talk contribs‎ 44,849 bytes +1,286‎ →‎History: Added extra information and references to the opening paragraphs of the History section, and made some minor edits to improve (I hope) the overall structure and flow of these paragraphs. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit
• curprev 12:5512:55, 28 December 2021‎ DrTimTaylor talk contribs‎ 43,563 bytes −132‎ I deleted the sentence "Although suggested more than 70 years ago no self-replicating machine has been seen until today." This was already flagged with "[citation needed]", and the sentence is incorrect when stated as simply as this. In a recent edit I added information at the top of the article of the first implementations of very simple artificial self-replicating systems in hardware (Penrose and Jacobson) and software (Barricelli). undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit
• curprev 12:5112:51, 28 December 2021‎ DrTimTaylor talk contribs‎ 43,695 bytes −156‎ I deleted the sentence "A self-replicating machine is an artificial self-replicating system that relies on conventional large-scale technology and automation" because (having recently written a book about self-replicating machines) I do not agree with the assertion made in the sentence that the term "self-replicating machine" applies exclusively to conventional large-scale technology (i.e. "clanking replicators"). The term is used more widely in the literature (e.g. by Drexler and others). undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit
• curprev 12:3212:32, 28 December 2021‎ DrTimTaylor talk contribs‎ 43,851 bytes +16‎ Added Konrad Zuse as another early contributor to the field. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit
• curprev 12:2812:28, 28 December 2021‎ DrTimTaylor talk contribs‎ 43,835 bytes +1,252‎ I have tidied up the introductory paragraphs of this article, adding some more information and references about the very early history of the subject, adding another citation of von Neumann's very early work, and (I hope) improving the structure and flow of the text. I removed the reference to "clanking replicators" in the second paragraph because this is also mentioned a bit later on in the fourth paragraph. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

14 December 2021

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29 November 2021

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31 July 2021

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5 July 2021

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27 June 2021

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