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Artificial Life, or Alife, is the study of complex systems of life through computer simulations, robotics, and biochemistry. Contrary to artificial intelligence, Alife typically employs the bottom-up research strategy, combining smaller systems to generate greater ones.
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Fast Facts
- Jon Von Neumann is considered the father of alife
- May use neural networks for simulations
- A method of studying evolutionAlifedegree.com: Artificial Life
- Hard Alife: Involves hardware-based simulation
- Soft Alife: Involves software-based simulation
- Wet Alife: Simulations based in biochemistry
- Conway's Game of Life is a classic software simulation of alife, created in 1970
- Al Jazari's humanoid robot was an early specimen
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History
Artificial life became a legitimate science with the appearance of the first computers. Jon Von Neumann was an early theorist who forwarded the idea of self-replicating machines based on Alan Turing's universal computer.Nature.com: Is artificial life moving any closer? (November 29, 2007) The next stage included the development of cellular automata, and some of the most recent applications involve computer animation.Nature.com: Is artificial life moving any closer? (November 29, 2007) -
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Artificial Life has long been on the margins of scientific research, mainly because of difficulty in hard scientific study toward its methods and basic theory. However, the publication of articles on Alife in such journals as Nature and Science has established Artificial Life as a mainstream field of study.Nature.com: Is artificial life moving any closer? (November 29, 2007)
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theres only artificial life here..i used to be afraid of cluttered noises now im afraid of silence..im scared to death of light and silence.
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