How to Use self-replicating in a Sentence

self-replicating

adjective
  • This requires that less than one in a hundred billion stars ever produces self-replicating probes that just do their own thing.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026
  • That vision is one in which public institutions serve the public, not a self-replicating elite.
    — Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Technosignatures of self-replicating probes in the solar system.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The company’s long-term vision includes robots building other robots using a self-replicating manufacturing approach.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Anthropic said in a new warning that small artificial intelligence models may be months away from being capable of self-replicating on devices such as smart ‌ovens and off-brand smart TV boxes.
    — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • From an engineering perspective, this process can be conceptualized as a self-replicating firmware update that spreads through a network of nodes; however, the network in this case is a population, and the firmware update is a genomic modification.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Too invested in protecting its models and fitting in, the Establishment had unfairly treated exciting subjects like cryonics (humans being frozen for future revival) and self-replicating nanomachines.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • What’s Happening A study published in Science has identified self-replicating stretches of DNA called LINE1 as a driver of accelerated aging in dogs.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

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