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[All About Cybernetics!] Artificial life (commonly Alife or alife) is a field of study and an associated art form which examine systems related to life, its processes, and its evolution through simulations using computer models, robotics, and biochemistry. There are three main kinds of alife, named for their approaches: soft, from software;

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[GreyThumb.Blog] Origins of Artificial Life - GreyThumb.Blog: I don't think that the origins of ALife are much older than Langton's original coining. In ALife we study systems related to life, its processes, and its evolution through simulations, which are only possible by computers.

[artificial philosophy] Humanity by”¦ « artificial philosophy: To live your life constantly running away from the large creatures that it felt would do it harm - that is not a life I would wish to live. For it, the middle of the grass must have been a rare occurence, delegated specifically for the night, when no humans were about.

[Steve Grand's Blog] Robot Wars « Steve Grand’s Blog: I’m using an A-life approach and neurological inspiration as much as possible, but inevitably we’ll have to cheat heavily when it comes to speech, etc. I’m treating the project largely as an exercise in cybernetic art, rather than science or technology, although the robots will make useful research tools in their “spare time”.

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