Robotics

[dukealien]

Of course, plants and animals are just minerals with extra steps xD
I feel like it could be pithier -- afaik 5-7-5 is just a nice plus in English haiku/senryu, since English is not as pithy a language as Japanese. "Minerals win" for the ending, and something less redundant for the first line. Nice work though

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Though I just thought of a sly variation.

Three-sided war:
plant, animal, mineral---
viruses win.

Oh!  Good one.  Viruses stand apart from the plant and animal kingdoms... maybe they were already mineral.  Though I would not want to insult them by suggesting it...