{"slug":"paper-von-neumann-j-and-burks-a-w-1966-theory-of-self-reproducing-automata","verification":{"valid":true,"entries":1,"head":"6dfb5137b2d55dfe83804d8c82b3f1d54f84dc5c5c0d3345e109e6bf39d5ed6b"},"count":1,"sources":[{"id":"s1","type":"other","url":"https://archive.org/details/theoryofselfrepr00vonn_0","title":"Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata","quote":"Anybody who looks at living organisms knows perfectly well that they can produce other organisms like themselves. ... the only thing which removes, or mitigates, this miracle is that they reproduce themselves.","summary":"Primary 1966 edition containing von Neumann's lectures on automata and self-reproduction, completed by Burks.","claim_ids":["c1","c2","c3"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-10T05:38:45.277Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"genesis","hash":"6dfb5137b2d55dfe83804d8c82b3f1d54f84dc5c5c0d3345e109e6bf39d5ed6b"}]}