# Semantic Autopoiesis: An Engineering Roadmap for Machine Life

> A functional and falsifiable engineering roadmap for a low-level machine organism built from semantic continuity, replaceable agents, executable organs, ordinary computing infrastructure, and governed self-modification.

Canonical reader: https://kungfu.tech/whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/
PDF: https://kungfu.tech/whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life.pdf
Manifest: https://kungfu.tech/whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/manifest.json
Evidence: https://papers.libkungfu.dev/kfd-machine-life-roadmap/

Source package: @kungfu-tech/paper-kfd-machine-life-roadmap@0.1.0-alpha.11
Source commit: 1eed2d9789636332b0a1f375d50a19dfad5e2485
PDF SHA256: 3ff80be1b542235caa42c520e3b3dcc0bfcce2241aa05e60259aa9683c3c7706

## Publication catalog

- Kungfu: Continuity for Agent Work: @kungfu-tech/paper-kungfu-product-white-paper@0.1.0-alpha.14 | /whitepaper/kungfu-white-paper/ | PDF 4f84b26b65d1bbede00dc8c89e66862a44fede069d3dae5d4e1eee0683ce21c7
- Semantic Autopoiesis: An Engineering Roadmap for Machine Life: @kungfu-tech/paper-kfd-machine-life-roadmap@0.1.0-alpha.11 | /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/ | PDF 3ff80be1b542235caa42c520e3b3dcc0bfcce2241aa05e60259aa9683c3c7706
- Facts, Trust, and Cooperation: The KFD Foundation Triad: @kungfu-tech/paper-kfd-foundation-real-world-agent-work@0.1.0-alpha.8 | https://papers.libkungfu.dev/kfd-foundation-real-world-agent-work/ | PDF 0cc4d6b38649b562536db4b88cfd76ef38a65f1e9843019fb361f669bc690f00
- Observer-Declared Timelines for Real-World Agent Work: @kungfu-tech/paper-observer-declared-timelines@0.1.0-alpha.9 | https://papers.libkungfu.dev/observer-declared-timelines/ | PDF 014cae132b50753b60428b3998311e6efa8107d91fe7fce905795de3f1486046
- From Episodes to Primitives: Causal Historical Assets for Evidence-Governed Ontology Revision: @kungfu-tech/paper-episodes-to-primitives@0.1.0-alpha.2 | https://papers.libkungfu.dev/episodes-to-primitives/ | PDF 6d330c243facd537c7ab0a94436889133b0f88f091ad309e8801e69c2987ea65

KFD source: @kungfu-tech/kfd@1.0.0-alpha.47 | https://kfd.libkungfu.dev/
Buildchain source: @kungfu-tech/buildchain@3.0.3 | https://buildchain.libkungfu.dev/

## Sections

- Introduction: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-01-introduction
- Life as an Engineering Property: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-02-life-as-an-engineering-property
- KFD as a Semantic Kernel: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-03-semantic-kernel
- Recursive Dogfood as Self-Production: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-04-recursive-dogfood
- A Material Anatomy: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-05-material-anatomy
- Engineering Evidence from Kungfu: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-06-kungfu-evidence
- Minimal Prototype and Evolution Roadmap: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-07-prototype-and-roadmap
- Evaluation, Falsifiers, and Safety: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-08-evaluation-and-safety
- Related Work: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-09-related-work
- Discussion: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-10-discussion
- Conclusion: /whitepaper/kungfu-machine-life/#section-11-conclusion