hehe, a couple of years ago I was reading two different articles about robotics. One was about a new type of robot that was designing and building new robots all on its own. It would build one, analyze it, and design a better one. In about 4 generations it had moved completely away from human based engineering designs and was creating robots that were MUCH different than we could conceive of.

then the other article was about a robot that could power itself by eating meat. It would use enzymes to break down the meat and create a by product that it would power itself off of. They had put in a built in safety mechanism that kept them from considering humans as a potential source of power, but all that kept coming to mind was the Matrix.

Anyway, my mind started to wander and what did it wander too? Well what happens when the self-replicating robot designs a new robot that eats meat? Or designs one that is self-aware? hehe, just some light thinking for the weekend.