Artificial Life, A New Paradigm of the Living Machine: 
Principles, Strategies, Adaptations, and Deployment

Christopher A Tucker
University of Reading, UK - UTIA Prague, CZ
CVUT Lecture Topic

Abstract:

The field of artificial life began in 1987 as an extension of, and
somewhat of a departure from, artificial intelligence.  Artificial life
or aLife is based on the principles of evolutionary computation,
emergence, learning by selection, and social networks real or
simulated. This paper will present radically new work in artificial
life, namely the ability of the machine to make a choice, possess
knowledge of its existence, have an effect upon its existence, evolve
and learn whereby it gleans some level of empathy.  The deployment of
empathy in the machine is the underpinning of an experimental
methodology of living systems in general and their synthesis.  I will
present a system based upon the aforementioned characteristics and
demonstrate a means to test the principles presented here.