From: Richard Aiken

>On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Anthony Jackson <ajackson@iii.com> wrote:
>> Actually, it's usually called bacteria. And, well, aside from deliberate weaponization, unlikely to be any
>> more dangerous than the stuff that's already out there.
>
> The sort of biological nanorobots which could be responsible for a "grey goo incident" would pretty much
> *have* to be weaponized, wouldn't they?

Biological nanorobots can't achieve a grey goo incident at all, a grey goo incident implies deconstructing
inanimate objects, including ones that are completely inedible to biologicals. You may be using some other
concept of grey goo.

> I mean, they're intentionally designed to break other cells down into their component chemicals. So they
> must - by definition - be equipped with machinery to penetrate cellular defenses.

You have just described the process of eating. Pretty much everything has the capability to penetrate cellular defenses.