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    It is not the case that The two distinct forms of ALife would have different moral effects if realized.

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    • 1.The moral relevance of a process depends on its outcomes (sentience, harm potential), not on whether its substrate is silicon or carbon.
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    • 2.If computational ALife produces genuinely self-replicating, adaptive systems, the moral concerns about uncontrolled proliferation are functionally identical to biological ALife.
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    • 3.Hans Jonas's principle of responsibility applies equally to any technology capable of self-amplifying consequences, regardless of material substrate.
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    • 1.The boundary between computational and biological ALife is eroding as wetware, DNA computing, and synthetic biology converge into hybrid systems.
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    • 2.A categorical moral distinction built on a boundary that does not hold empirically cannot generate stable normative guidance, as Elliot Sober's work on natural kinds suggests.
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    • 1.One form of ALife is purely computational and concerns self-replicating programs.
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    • 2.The second form of ALife involves manipulating actual biological and biochemical processes to produce novel life forms.
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    • 3.Computational ALife and biological ALife involve fundamentally different processes and outputs.
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