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  • 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

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