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1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Logic Systems Laboratory IN-Ecublens Lausanne CH-1015 CH. Daniel.Mange@di.epfl.ch
Abstract:
In this short article, we argue that von Neumann's quintessential message with respect to self-replicating automata is genotype + ribotype = phenotype. Self-replication occurs in analogy to nature: The description (genotype) written on the input tape is translated via a ribosome (ribotype) so as to create the offspring universal constructor (phenotype).
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