{"id":14897,"date":"2026-02-02T00:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=14897"},"modified":"2026-02-02T00:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:49:23","slug":"headed-toward-an-ecophagy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2026\/02\/02\/headed-toward-an-ecophagy\/","title":{"rendered":"Headed toward an ecophagy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scientists Create Programmable, Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It disturbingly reminds me of The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/a><\/em>, the 2008 sci-fi movie starring Keanu Reeves<\/a>, where the robot GORT transforms into a swarm of winged insect-like self-replicating nano-machines<\/a>, consuming everything on their path.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can go wrong?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scientists Create Programmable, Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt It disturbingly reminds me of The Day the Earth Stood Still, the 2008 sci-fi movie starring Keanu Reeves, where the robot GORT transforms into a swarm of winged insect-like self-replicating nano-machines, consuming everything on their path. What can go wrong?<\/p>\n

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