The second extinction event, circa 2040, will be the creation of the first self-replicant metal nano-bacteria with a ‘gold DNA’ dissolved in mercurium and sourrounded by a wall of iron. Those self-replicant nano-bacteria according to all robotists could convert Earth into a grey-goo within months.
It is being researched at several institutions of ‘high learning’ and military labs. The best description of its danger was given by Mr. Bill Joy, founder of sun microsystems, and the Java architecture that machines use to talk at wired magazine: why the future doesn’t need us.
