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Introduction to ALife

ALife/ADiscipline

We can trace the term Artificial Life to a 1986 paper by Christopher Langton. ('Artificial Intelligence' coined by 1956 Dartmouth Workshop.)


Langton's Ant, a moving cellular automaton with simple rules. On cell with value 0: turn right, toggle cell state, move forward. On cell with value 1: turn left, toggle cell state, move forward. Animation made with Golly software. Video shows ant actions reversed.