Reprogramming Matter, Life, and Purpose

Abstract

Reprogramming matter may sound far-fetched, but we have been doing it with increasing power and staggering efficiency for at least 60 years, and for centuries we have been paving the way toward the ultimate reprogrammed fate of the universe, the vessel of all programs. How will we be doing it in 60 years' time and how will it impact life and the purpose both of machines and of humans?

Invited contribution to 'Computing in the year 2065', A. Adamatzky (Ed.), Springer Verlag and published in the International Journal of Unconventional Computing, 2017