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| == Infornography == | | == Infornography == |
− | In [[Layer 11]] there's more, but i'm tired and i want to go to bed so read about it [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/readlist.htm#update2 here] for now.
| + | The following can be seen a few minutes into [[Layer 11]]. |
| + | he principles and the organization o |
| + | where. This effort is truly interdiscip |
| + | ogy, chemistry and physics to comp |
| + | large part of Artificial Life is devote |
| + | s we know it - that is life on earth - |
| + | earch for principles of living system |
| + | rticlular subtrate. Thus, Artificial Lif |
| + | exploring artificial alternatives to a<br><br> |
| + | described as attempting to underst |
| + | vel rules; for example, how the simp |
| + | lead to high-level structure, or the |
| + | etween ants and their environment |
| + | ior. Understanding this relatinoship |
| + | provide novel solutions to complex |
| + | ention, stock-market prediction, and<br><br> |
| + | iving systems out of non-living part |
| + | l the areas of Artificial Life. At prese |
| + | two largely independent endeavors: |
| + | al building blocks of nature (carbon |
| + | sing the same principles but a differ |
| + | computer. The former explores the |
| + | ng to construct self-replicating mole |
| + | populations of self-replicating enti |
| + | eristics of different chemistries in su |
| + | us, both the biochemical and the co |
| + | hed light on the compelling questio |
| + | |
| + | Then the scene changes and the scrolling text begins to repeat itself. |
| + | |
| + | Life" is used to describe research int |
| + | some of the essential properties of |
| + | such systems that meet this criterio |
| + | nical--and these can be used to per |
| + | he principles and the organization o |
| + | where. This effort is truly interdiscip |
| + | ogy, chemistry and physics to comp |
| + | large part of Artificial Life is devote |
| + | s we know it - that is, life on earth - |
| + | earch for principles of living system |
| + | rticular substrate. Thus, Artificial Lif |
| + | exploring artificial alternatives to a <br><br> |
| + | described as attempting to underst |
| + | vel rules; for example, how the simp |
| + | lead to high-level structure, or the |
| + | etween ants and their environment |
| + | ior. Understanding this relatinoship |
| + | provide novel solutions to complex |
| + | ention, stock-market prediction, and<br><br> |
| + | iving systems out of non-living part |
| + | l the areas of Artificial Life. At prese |
| + | two largely independent endeavors: |
| + | al building blocks of nature (carbon |
| + | sing the same principles but a differ |
| + | computer. The former explores the |
| + | ng to construct self-replicating mole |
| + | populations of self-replicating enti |
| + | eristics of different chemistries in su |
| + | us, both the biochemical and the co |
| + | hed light on the compelling questio<br><br> |
| + | ot only about the construction and |
| + | her artificial or natural; an impressive |
| + | rds the construcion of adaptive aut |
| + | m the classical robotics approach, in |
| + | its environment and learns from thi |
| + | All of this is from a description of artificial life found on alife.org. [http://web.archive.org/web/19981201080413/http://alife6.alife.org/intro.html] |
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| + | == External Links == |
| + | *[http://www.cjas.org/~leng/l-typo.htm The role of typographical elements in lain] |
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