Hey wow! Steve Grand has read my cells paper. See the comments at the bottom here:
http://stevegrand.wordpress.com/200</wbr>9/01/12/where-do-those-damn-atoms-go/

His book "Creation: Life and How to Make It" is a really good overview of what artificial life might mean, I've read it several times.

Here's hoping Simbiosis (if it ever gets made) has a decent low-level approach. It could be awesome.

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