Month: September 2022

SYNTHETIC LIFE. ""Every computer-based self-replicating program system...provides a new instance of evolution." https://lnkd.in/dJG7PFu Macroscopic, spatio-temporal, cooperative structures spontaneously emerge in these self- programming system. They emerge in a similar way as macroscopic dissipative structures do in physico-chemical systems.(1991). https://lnkd.in/dWGaP8C View in LinkedIn

TWO WORLDS. “Macroscopic, spatio-temporal, cooperative structures spontaneously emerge in these self- programming system. They emerge in a similar way as macroscopic dissipative structures do in physico-chemical systems."(1991). https://lnkd.in/dWGaP8C View in LinkedIn

THIN LINE. “What's the difference between the process of evolution in a computer and the process of evolution outside the computer? The entities that are being evolved are made of different stuff, but the process is identical.” https://lnkd.in/dshHtpP View in LinkedIn

ZARATHUSTRA. "Richard Dawkins has written several computer programs which function, he says, like evolution. Dawkins also uses the computer to generate artificial creatures he calls "Biomorphs." The evolution they undergo is analogous to biological evolution, he says." http://www.panspermia.org/computrs.htm View in LinkedIn

ARTIFICIAL SELECTION. “One well-known computer program that purports to mimic evolution is the one by Richard Dawkins that creates "biomorphs". The program generates stick figures that resemble insects, trees, bats, spiders, etc. The figures show a certain amount of variety as they evolve. But the evolution is by artificial selection, and nothing like gene duplication occurs. Instead, only nine or sixteen variables (in different versions) are allowed to wander within narrow ranges.” http://www.panspermia.org/computr2.htm View in LinkedIn

FRESH PAGE. “Artificial life attempts to understand the essential general properties of living systems by synthesizing life-like behavior in software, hardware and biochemicals.” https://lnkd.in/du7vSNn View in LinkedIn

DIGITAL EVOLUTION. “We propose a software development methodology capable of producing self-adaptive software, using digital evolution to discover behaviors and optimize solutions. We evolve environmentally-aware motility behaviors through digital evolution, automatically translate the evolved programs into C code, and compile and load the programs onto mobile robots.” https://lnkd.in/d_KmGRx View in LinkedIn

EVOLVING BITS. “Unlike mere numerical simulations, Avida organisms possess the ability to evolve in an open-ended manner, often revealing unexpected and strikingly clever solutions. The most widely used digital evolution platform is Avida.” https://lnkd.in/d_KmGRx View in LinkedIn

COMPLEXITY. “The hallmark of complexity theory is the extensive use of information theory and computers to model the behavior of notoriously complex problems such as economic markets, protein folding, and evolution.” http://www.panspermia.org/computrs.htm View in LinkedIn

ORIGINS. “Any theory holding that life originates on Earth de novo from nonliving chemicals has problems for which computers provide a good metaphor. The problems are in two categories, hardware and software. For life as for computers, both are required, together. After eukaryotic cellular life has become established, in this metaphor, the machinery for creating new biological hardware is in place, and the remaining problem is one of software only. How does the genetic programming for new evolutionary features get written and installed?” http://www.panspermia.org/computrs.htm View in LinkedIn