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    It is not the case that Successful computational ALife programs could become vectors for malware.

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    • 1.Self-reproduction alone is insufficient for malware classification; malware requires intent to infiltrate, damage, or exploit unauthorized systems.
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    • 2.ALife programs operate within bounded, sandboxed environments by design, structurally preventing the lateral movement essential to malicious code.
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    • 1.The analogy between biological self-replication and computational virus behavior commits a category error identified by Dennett: functional similarity does not entail identical risk profiles.
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    • 2.Computer viruses are defined by unauthorized propagation across systems, a property that is extrinsic to self-reproduction and absent in controlled ALife simulations.
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    • 1.Computational ALife programs are designed to self-reproduce.
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    • 2.Self-reproducing programs resemble computer viruses in their behavior.
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