#KnowledgeByte: Artificial #Life (#ALife) is a field of study that explores the fundamental processes of living systems through the use of simulations, robotics, and biochemistry.

It seeks to understand the principles, and to create new forms of life that may not be found in nature.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-Artificial-Life-673c430f8a66b652ae3ef5f2

My #introduction needs a refresh.

I'm a #PhD student at the University of #Vermont, studying the #Evolution of #Evolvability. I'm into #AI, #ALife, #Biology, and #Philosophy, because I want to understand #life, #adaptation, and #intelligence using my native language of #ComputerScience. I share my musings and #research on my #blog. I love #science generally, and am full of bitchy #AcademicChatter.

I was a #SoftwareEngineer in #SiliconValley for many years, but left in 2021. I'm glad I did, and now I feel a bit betrayed by the #TechIndustry. I've been going back to my #FOSS roots, and gradually #DeGoogle ing my life. I still love to talk about #code #craft, #UX, and healthy #engineering #culture. Recently I've been enjoying #gpu #programming, mostly in #taichilang.

I have a wife and a #cat. I love #nature, #photography, #cooking, and #yoga.

All kinds of people are valid and worthy, but #trans people, folks on the #autism spectrum, and #bipoc get a shout out right now because they need our support.

New, brief overview of lexicase selection: https://lexicase.ai

Lexicase selection is a selection method first developed for genetic programming. It has since been applied to other machine learning algorithms. It considers performance on individual training cases separately, rather than aggregating performance measures across multiple cases. It considers cases in different random orders, and therefore with different priorities, for each selection event.

#AI #ML #ALife

Poetry with Boids! New piece out combining swarming a-life algorithms with language attractors, the words of this interactive poem forming into different visual and semantic structures. Preview below, live link here: https://ailiteraryreview.co.uk/issue06

#poetry #art #generative #boids #alife