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by burnished 826 days ago
DNA sequences are instructions that get printed on the spot and self assemble. This requires a great deal of flexibility so any reproduction would probably look much like what we find in nature.

Or did you understand that and were wondering if we'd ever coopt the bodies mechanisms to create familiar logic gate based compute? Personally I doubt that we'd use already familiar transistors because the process requires ultra pure materials that are modified in very thin layers using gasses to scrape or place individual layers, but maybe we'd find a mechanical analogue expressible via protein, or at that point use purpose built neurons instead.