replication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_(computing)

autonomous replication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

nb that writing your own quine remains in general terms a fun and challenging exercise in many programming languages, but not python.

We are talking about physical replication, please let me know when a computer worm can turn my laptop into 2 laptops

Otherwise you’re just arguing that Sims are totally alive because Sims can make baby Sims.