Search Results for author: Tim Taylor

Found 10 papers, 0 papers with code

Evolutionary Innovation Viewed as Novel Physical Phenomena and Hierarchical Systems Building

no code implementations20 Jul 2021 Tim Taylor

In the previous work I looked at ways in which expansive and transformational innovations could arise.

The Importance of Open-Endedness (for the Sake of Open-Endedness)

no code implementations4 Jun 2020 Tim Taylor

While I wholeheartedly support the pursuit of precise definitions of complexity and diversity in relation to OEE research, I emphatically reject the suggestion that OEE is not a worthy research topic in its own right.

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An Overview of Open-Ended Evolution: Editorial Introduction to the Open-Ended Evolution II Special Issue

no code implementations10 Sep 2019 Norman Packard, Mark A. Bedau, Alastair Channon, Takashi Ikegami, Steen Rasmussen, Kenneth O. Stanley, Tim Taylor

Nature's spectacular inventiveness, reflected in the enormous diversity of form and function displayed by the biosphere, is a feature of life that distinguishes living most strongly from nonliving.

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Evolutionary Innovations and Where to Find Them: Routes to Open-Ended Evolution in Natural and Artificial Systems

no code implementations5 Jun 2018 Tim Taylor

A discussion then investigates how various interactions between these processes, and their modes of implementation, can lead to open-endedness.

Past Visions of Artificial Futures: One Hundred and Fifty Years under the Spectre of Evolving Machines

no code implementations4 Jun 2018 Tim Taylor, Alan Dorin

The influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial Life (ALife) technologies upon society, and their potential to fundamentally shape the future evolution of humankind, are topics very much at the forefront of current scientific, governmental and public debate.

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Evolution in Virtual Worlds

no code implementations17 Oct 2017 Tim Taylor

This chapter discusses the possibility of instilling a virtual world with mechanisms for evolution and natural selection in order to generate rich ecosystems of complex organisms in a process akin to biological evolution.

Digital Genesis: Computers, Evolution and Artificial Life

no code implementations7 Dec 2015 Tim Taylor, Alan Dorin, Kevin Korb

The application of evolution in the digital realm, with the goal of creating artificial intelligence and artificial life, has a history as long as that of the digital computer itself.

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Requirements for Open-Ended Evolution in Natural and Artificial Systems

no code implementations27 Jul 2015 Tim Taylor

Open-ended evolutionary dynamics remains an elusive goal for artificial evolutionary systems.

Artificial Life and the Web: WebAL Comes of Age

no code implementations22 Jul 2014 Tim Taylor

A brief survey is presented of the first 18 years of web-based Artificial Life ("WebAL") research and applications, covering the period 1995-2013.

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WebAL-1: Workshop on Artificial Life and the Web 2014 Proceedings

no code implementations10 Jun 2014 Tim Taylor

Proceedings of WebAL-1: Workshop on Artificial Life and the Web 2014, held at the 14th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE 14), New York, NY, 31 July 2014.

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