The riddle of artificial life

Article Abstract:

Artificial life is the study and creation of human-designed organisms that have the ability to reproduce and evolve into another form. This study and creation will take place primarily by way of computers. A conference on artificial life, organized by Christopher Langton, is discussed.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Artificial life

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Of minds and machines

Article Abstract:

Scientists have adopted novel methods for the development of artificial intelligence. Doug Lenat teaches a computer called Cyc two million commonsense words to simulate human learning. On the other hand, Rodney Brooks developed a robot that learns by using its human-like senses.

Robots, Machine learning

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Artificial intelligence

Article Abstract:

The CYC project in Austin, TX, is an effort to create a computer which has common sense. At present, the project is still far from complete but it can be considered as a source of shared knowledge for other computers.

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