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CALIFORNIA鈥檚 governor once starred in the Terminator movies, in which self-aware computers try to destroy humanity. In a bid to stop life imitating art, artificial intelligence researchers are now exploring the 鈥渄ark side鈥� of their discipline (see 鈥淎rtificial Intelligence researchers confront sci-fi scenarios鈥�). Similarly, psychologist Susan Blackmore says computer networks could foster a potentially dangerous form of evolution, based not on the gene or meme but on a technological equivalent. She needs help naming this 鈥渞eplicator鈥� (鈥淭he third replicator is among us鈥�). We reckon it should be called an 鈥淎rnie鈥�.