Science-fiction Studies, Volume 27, Part 1SFS Publications., 2000 - Science fiction |
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Page 71
... A - Life pioneer Chris Langton defines life as a " a property of the organization of matter , rather than a property of the matter which is organized " ( qtd . in Levy 118 ) . Other arguments focus on an agent's capacity to evolve ...
... A - Life pioneer Chris Langton defines life as a " a property of the organization of matter , rather than a property of the matter which is organized " ( qtd . in Levy 118 ) . Other arguments focus on an agent's capacity to evolve ...
Page 72
... A - Life entities , then , are not only seeded into and produced by their coded " artificial " environments , but in turn productively interact with and may possibly affect - indeed potentially produce - those spaces . The A - Life ...
... A - Life entities , then , are not only seeded into and produced by their coded " artificial " environments , but in turn productively interact with and may possibly affect - indeed potentially produce - those spaces . The A - Life ...
Page 85
... a symbiotic " embodiment " that offers the potential of a greater adaptability to changes in flows of information and transformation . A - Life's comparative biologies not only expand our limited concepts of evolution and life but may even ...
... a symbiotic " embodiment " that offers the potential of a greater adaptability to changes in flows of information and transformation . A - Life's comparative biologies not only expand our limited concepts of evolution and life but may even ...
Contents
Wrapped in that mysterious | 22 |
Michael Fisch Nation War and Japans Future in the Science | 49 |
AI ALife and | 69 |
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