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  • noun artificial life

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Examples

  • And into self replicating A-life out of the isotropic soup.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Ribofunk - Paul Di Filippo Blue Tyson 2009

  • And into self replicating A-life out of the isotropic soup.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Up the Lazy River - Paul Di Filippo Blue Tyson 2009

  • Even if the field becomes well established, there's no guarantee that today's A-life pioneers will ultimately be the industry's leaders.

    THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE 2008

  • Stuart Kauffman is a researcher in this "wet" branch of A-life.

    THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE 2008

  • Yet there are still plenty of technical obstacles ahead for those hoping to cash in on A-life -- and after the growing wave of hype, anything short of a commercial revolution will seem disappointing.

    THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE 2008

  • Wet 'branch: Not all A-life entrepreneurs are working in silicon; some are working in vitro, experimenting with the chemical conditions that set the stage for natural life.

    THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE 2008

  • Serious businesses, including US West (one of the "Baby Bells") and insurer MetLife, are hoping to use A-life technology to cut through problems that tie up conventional computing schemes-problems as diverse as designing more efficient phone networks to managing complex investment portfolios with programs that quickly adapt themselves to changing economic conditions.

    THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE 2008

  • One of the A-life robot makers headed for the marketplace is Mark Tilden, a professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.

    THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE 2008

  • A-life defies the oldest chiche of computing-that the machine win do only what you tell it to do.

    THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE 2008

  • In A-life, the computer does more than you ask To better understand how it works, it's helpful to compare it to what it isn't: the more established field known as "artificial intelligence."

    THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE 2008

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