What is an appropriate definition of machine, and does it apply to all, some, or no living forms?

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• What is an appropriate definition of 'machine,' and does it apply to all, some, or no living forms across the tree of life?question0.941
  Foundational definitional question motivating the entire paper
• The notion of 'machine' used to claim living things are not machines refers to an outdated definition that no longer fits.claim0.862
  First central claim of the paper: the machine concept used in organicist critiques is historically contingent, not essential
• The life vs. machine distinction is relevant only to the lowest class of machines available in prior decades and is not fundamental.claim0.807
  Claim that the organism–machine dichotomy is outdated.
• Can machines think? This should begin with definitions of the meaning of the terms machine and think.quote0.792
  Foundational epigraph setting the paper's methodological stance on conceptual clarity.
• 'Machines' and living organisms belong on the same spectrum because both can draw on ingressing forms to get more out than was put inclaim0.787
  Key implication drawn from the sorting-algorithm and biobot evidence.
• Physicality is not a requirement for a machine; a machine learning algorithm that generates other machine learning algorithms or designs robots qualifies as a machine.claim0.786
  Proposed definitional update removing physicality as a necessary condition for machines
• The material implementation and back-story of a given system are not sufficient information to reliably place it into a category of machine vs. living being.claim0.786
  Core ontological claim: composition and origin story are contingent, not essential, classifiers
• "It is certainly very hard, and perhaps impossible, for mere humans to anticipate and rule out in advance all the disastrous ways the machine could choose to achieve a specified objective."quote0.782
  Russell's statement opening Section 2 articulating the core motivation for the Contemplative AI approach