Funny what prompted me to blog here is about the fact that I just now saw a writing that Von Neuman had proposed universal constructor. It is a kinda program where you will get a replicating behaviour or cellular automata. This does have some relation to Universal Computer by Turing.

Whats funny is this thing is there in a game Deus Ex. Now it seems that the game developers have gone so deep into researching technology. It would be last place anyone would look for this thing.
Here its all about ALIFE. Which is different from AI. Reason simple try defining Intelligence completely. You wont be able to exactly pin point where with ALife its possible.