Robots reproduce![1] This would likely be useful, it should eventually lead to robots that can self-repair, and, as it is miniaturized, to specialty robots that build other things. Think Diamond Age/em. On the other hand, it still tends towards my overall worry that several hundred years from now, we will think that robots evolved. I would like to think there will continue to be a clear distinction between life and its simulation (robots, AI, both). I worry that might cease to be./p