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gray goo
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n. A hypothetical substance composed of sagans of sub-micron-sized
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self-replicating robots programmed to make copies of themselves out of
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whatever is available. The image that goes with the term is one of the
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entire biosphere of Earth being eventually converted to robot goo. This is
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the simplest of the nanotechnology disaster scenarios, easily refuted by
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arguments from energy requirements and elemental abundances. Compare blue
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goo.
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