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"THOMAS S. RAY "is an ecologist who created and developed the Tierra project, a computer simulation of artificial life. He is currently Professor of Zoology and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma in Norman." https://lnkd.in/dK7aRa2 View in LinkedIn

VIRAL WORMS. "He will keep on breeding them until he has achieved a goal far more adventurous than anything yet attempted by other virus programmers – infusing the vast unused spaces of the global computer networks with a roiling digital ecology as complex, as fascinating, and ultimately as beneficial to humankind as the rain forests that he has long sought to protect and understand." https://lnkd.in/edrARjk View in LinkedIn

"TOM RAY was one of the pioneers of virtual artificial life evolution with his program called Tierra. He set up Tierra Network to exploit the internet. His results were mixed and gave limited insights into the Cambrian explosion of life." https://lnkd.in/dssAfsd View in LinkedIn

"A HACKER is an aesthete. There are specialties within computer hacking. An algorithm hacker knows all about the best algorithm for any problem. A system hacker knows about designing and maintaining operating systems. And a “password hacker'' knows how to find out someone else's password." https://lnkd.in/dF3neaQ View in LinkedIn

FREE EVOLUTION. "We are in the same position with respect to the evolution of digital organisms. Ray is creating large biodiversity reserves in cyberspace for future digital creatures where they can evolve freely." https://lnkd.in/d_8VqjV View in LinkedIn

EARLY MIT CULTURE. “A “tool'' is someone who attends class regularly, is always to be found in the library when no class is meeting, and gets straight As. A “hacker'' is the opposite: someone who never goes to class, who in fact sleeps all day, and who spends the night pursuing recreational activities rather than studying." https://lnkd.in/dF3neaQ View in LinkedIn

BEYONG HUMAN IMAGINATION. "Just as in the pre-Cambian explosion, an observer could not possibly have imagined the later diversity of life forms." https://lnkd.in/d_8VqjV View in LinkedIn

TOOLS AND HACKERS. "The concept of hacking entered the computer culture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1960s. Popular opinion at MIT posited that there are two kinds of students, tools and hackers.” https://lnkd.in/dF3neaQ View in LinkedIn

PREDICTING UNPREDICTABILITY. "It is best to not to guide evolution and let natural selection find its own solutions because we cannot possibly imagine what is out there." https://lnkd.in/d_8VqjV View in LinkedIn

ENCODING. "Code can be encoded in many different ways, ranging from simple substitutions to more complex transformations, such as encryption or compression. Methods vary according to the granularity of encoding, space and run- time overheads." https://lnkd.in/dHTSZ_H View in LinkedIn