# "Mechasm" becomes reality!

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**Created:** [May 12, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechasm-becomes-reality/303560 "2005-05-12T14:21:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechasm-becomes-reality/303560/1 "2005-05-12T14:21:37Z")

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John Sladek write a book \*\*Mechasm[\B] about self-replicating robots which become a nuisance because they won’t _stop_ replicating (In Britain it was titled **The Reproductive System**

Apparently we’re well on our way there:

[http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050511/sc\_nm/science\_robots\_dc\_2](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050511/sc_nm/science_robots_dc_2)