Biota LIVE: Understanding Artificial Life

What is artificial life? How does it change biology, philosophy, psychology and computation? What are the impacts of artificial life? Each week, Tom Barbalet chats with a different artificial life developers, academics, users and musers.

Artificial Life and Surviving Chaos

Through the development of a philosophy of artificial life, a recurring question is what can be learnt in the study that is applicable to the real world. This episode explores one such topic.

04-18
01:30:00

Summoning the EvoGrid

Following a tour of the UK, Europe and the East Coast, Bruce Damer returns to Biota Live with the current state of the EvoGrid. Where will he be doing his PhD? What will the EvoGrid look like? Will he be summoning the EvoGrid in some techno shamanic ritual? All will be revealed plus two WWII connections to the EvoGrid.

03-30
01:30:00

Outstanding Questions Q1/09

With so many topics discussed on Biota Live, it appears an ideal time to return to the periodic short-topic show relating to outstanding questions in the artificial life community.

02-21
01:00:00

Mark Bedau

With a new book, an ongoing wet artificial life company, MIT Press' Artificial Life Journal and the International Society of Artificial Life, Mark Bedau offers a number of topics of discussion for Biota Live.

02-07
01:00:00

Zann Gill Returns

Zann returns to Biota Live to discuss a number of topics only briefly discussed when she was last on Biota Live and also to explore some new topics.

01-24
01:00:00

Larry Yaeger Returns

Following his initial appearance on Biota Live, Larry Yaeger returns to the podcast to discuss a number of topics in greater detail including algorithms and teaching artificial life.

01-10
01:00:00

Project Integration and Communication (EvoGrid Shallow)

With the discussion of EvoGrid deep, the idea of projects pooling resources and aiding development should not be forgotten.

12-13
01:00:00

Outline for an Artificial Life Curriculum

There has been much discussion about teaching artificial life. This topic is explored in great detail in this show.

11-29
01:00:00

The Hobby of Artificial Life

Through the shows to-date there has been an ongoing discussion about artificial life as a hobby. This topic has never been discussed specifically. Now is the time to talk on this.

11-29
01:00:00

Biota Extended Thanksgiving Shows - Thursday

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11-27
01:30:00

Extended Thanksgiving Shows - Wednesday

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11-27
01:30:00

Surviving an Artificial Life Winter

What is the current state of artificial life? Will there be a chilling in artificial life research due to the current international economic woes? Or does artificial life have something to offer currently?

11-15
01:00:00

Trick or Treat

Mary Shelley roll over, it's time to talk about the really scary things in artificial life.

11-01
01:00:00

Funding for Artificial Life

Does artificial life require funding to survive? This episode explores the sources of funding and the fundamental value of artificial life development.

10-18
01:00:00

Open Source

Following the extensive discussion of Open Source in the Biota podcast, an update is required to talk about the benefits of developing artificial life in Open Source.

10-04
01:00:00

Publicize Your Project

This episode focuses on the steps needed to get your artificial life project out to the broadest possible audience.

09-20
01:00:00

Larry Yaeger

Artificial life veteran, Larry Yaeger, talks about Polyworlds, artificial life in academia, at Apple and with Jim Henson, amongst other things.

09-13
01:00:00

Spore 'til you Snore

With the release of Will Wright's much anticipated game, Spore, the panel discusses the game and its potential impact on artificial life

09-06
01:00:00

Artificial Life Isn't Just Genetic Algorithms?

An exploration of non-Genetic Algorithm artificial life and post-ALife Genetic Algorithms. Where can Genetic Programming fit into contemporary artificial life?

08-30
01:00:00

Zann Gill

Zann Gill appears on this week's Biota Live to discuss her book on artificial life and projects for the future.

08-23
01:00:00

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