Rise Of The Self Replicators


Rise Of The Self Replicators
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Rise Of The Self Replicators


Rise Of The Self Replicators
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Author : Tim Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-07-30

Rise Of The Self Replicators written by Tim Taylor and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-30 with Computers categories.


Is it possible to design robots and other machines that can reproduce and evolve? And, if so, what are the implications: for the machines, for ourselves, for our environment, and for the future of life on Earth and elsewhere? In this book the authors provide a chronological survey and comprehensive archive of the early history of thought about machine self-reproduction and evolution. They discuss contributions from philosophy, science fiction, science and engineering, and uncover many examples that have never been discussed in the Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life literature before now. In the final chapter they provide a synthesis of the concepts discussed, offer their views on the field’s future directions, and call for a broad community discussion about the significant implications of intelligent evolving machines. The book will be of interest to general readers, and a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and historians engaged with ideas in artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, and evolutionary computing.



The Selfish Gene


The Selfish Gene
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Author : Richard Dawkins
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989

The Selfish Gene written by Richard Dawkins and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Medical categories.


Science need not be dull and bogged down by jargon, as Richard Dawkins proves in this entertaining look at evolution. The themes he takes up are the concepts of altruistic and selfish behaviour; the genetical definition of selfish interest; the evolution of aggressive behaviour; kinshiptheory; sex ratio theory; reciprocal altruism; deceit; and the natural selection of sex differences. 'Should be read, can be read by almost anyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W.D. Hamilton, Science



Cellular Automata And Complex Systems Methods For Modeling Biological Phenomena


Cellular Automata And Complex Systems Methods For Modeling Biological Phenomena
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Author : Bilotta, Eleonora
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2010-06-30

Cellular Automata And Complex Systems Methods For Modeling Biological Phenomena written by Bilotta, Eleonora and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-30 with Education categories.


"The theme of this book is the use of Cellular Automatas (CAs) to model biological systems, describing 2-D CAs to create populations of "life-like agents" with their own genomes"--Provided by publisher.



The Meme Machine


The Meme Machine
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Author : Susan Blackmore
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2000-03-16

The Meme Machine written by Susan Blackmore and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-16 with Science categories.


Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.



Introduction To Artificial Life


Introduction To Artificial Life
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Author : Christoph Adami
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1998

Introduction To Artificial Life written by Christoph Adami and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Computers categories.


For students, researchers and professional scientist eager to gain insight into the emerging frontiers of Artifical Life, Chris Adami's work provides the basic underpinnings for properly understanding this interdisciplinary research area. The CD-ROM accompanying the book invites readers to actively experience artificial evolution in "real time" by using a proprietary simulation software program, AVIDA, which is contained on the CD.



Out Of Control


Out Of Control
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Author : Kevin Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2009-04-30

Out Of Control written by Kevin Kelly and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-30 with Science categories.


Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.



The Evolution Of Biological Information


The Evolution Of Biological Information
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Author : Christoph Adami
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-01-16

The Evolution Of Biological Information written by Christoph Adami and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-16 with Science categories.


Why information is the unifying principle that allows us to understand the evolution of complexity in nature More than 150 years after Darwin’s revolutionary On the Origin of Species, we are still attempting to understand and explain the amazing complexity of life. Although we now know how evolution proceeds to build complexity from simple ingredients, quantifying this complexity is still a difficult undertaking. In this book, Christoph Adami offers a new perspective on Darwinian evolution by viewing it through the lens of information theory. This novel theoretical stance sheds light on such matters as how viruses evolve drug resistance, how cells evolve to communicate, and how intelligence evolves. By this account, information emerges as the central unifying principle behind all of biology, allowing us to think about the origin of life—on Earth and elsewhere—in a systematic manner. Adami, a leader in the field of computational biology, first provides an accessible introduction to the information theory of biomolecules and then shows how to apply these tools to measure information stored in genetic sequences and proteins. After outlining the experimental evidence of the evolution of information in both bacteria and digital organisms, he describes the evolution of robustness in viruses; the cooperation among cells, animals, and people; and the evolution of brains and intelligence. Building on extensive prior work in bacterial and digital evolution, Adami establishes that (expanding on Dobzhansky’s famous remark) nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of information. Understanding that information is the foundation of all life, he argues, allows us to see beyond the particulars of our way of life to glimpse what life might be like in other worlds.



Neither Mind Nor Brain


Neither Mind Nor Brain
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Author : CJ ROY
language : en
Publisher: CJ Roy
Release Date : 2020-12-12

Neither Mind Nor Brain written by CJ ROY and has been published by CJ Roy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-12 with Philosophy categories.


This book is an interdisciplinary theoretical effort to explain the mind-body problem. Conscious mind is the hard problem to be explained and is the utmost existential question for any scientific mind. Neither a reductionist identity theory nor a commonsense-religious dualism can answer the problem. Human cognitive system can have a natural explanation rather than a religious description. To reduce the mind as what the brain does is too premature and to separate the mind and brain as two independent realities is too trivial. The hypothesis of the book identifies the conscious mind with the emergent functionality of the human brain. And, this is definitely an approximate guess. This informed guess is a challenge to many previously established theories and is an invitation for further research. It demystifies the age old homunculus mind and does not explains it away. To elaborate the theme, the author has incorporated themes such as complex system dynamics, evolution, cosmology, thermodynamics, information and emergence. The philosophical discussion on the first three chapters govern as an intuitive background for the theoretical development in further chapters. It affirms that the mind and brain are neither two dichotomized substances nor are they one and same substance. Chapters from four to eight deal with various themes from natural science with respect to the theme of mind-brain. they involve system dynamics, cosmology, thermodynamics, evolutionary theory and information model. Last chapter assimilates the discussions of previous chapters to propose the key hypothesis of the book viz. mind-brain is the emergent functionality of the human brain which is the matter-energy-information complex system. The universe, which itself is a matter-energy-information system, at least in one occasion, becomes conscious of itself through humans.



The Allure Of Machinic Life


The Allure Of Machinic Life
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Author : John Johnston
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2008

The Allure Of Machinic Life written by John Johnston and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Artificial intelligence categories.


An account of the creation of new forms of life and intelligence in cybernetics, artificial life, and artificial intelligence that analyzes both the similarities and the differences among these sciences in actualizing life.The Allure of Machinic Life



Artificial Life Vii


Artificial Life Vii
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Author : Mark A. Bedau
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2000-08-01

Artificial Life Vii written by Mark A. Bedau and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-01 with Computers categories.


The term "artificial life" describes research into synthetic systems that possess some of the essential properties of life. This interdisciplinary field includes biologists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, geneticists, and others. Artificial life may be viewed as an attempt to understand high-level behavior from low-level rules—for example, how the simple interactions between ants and their environment lead to complex trail-following behavior. An understanding of such relationships in particular systems can suggest novel solutions to complex real-world problems such as disease prevention, stock-market prediction, and data mining on the Internet. Since their inception in 1987, the Artificial Life meetings have grown from small workshops to truly international conferences, reflecting the field's increasing appeal to researchers in all areas of science.