Tim Taylor
artificial life, open-ended evolution, artificial intelligence and other crazy ideas
Another nice review of our book
Our book Rise of the Self-Replicators has received another nice review, this time in the journal Artificial Life.
23 Sep 2021
The first journal paper on our work using agent-based models to study bee pollination systems
Competition and pollen wars: Simulations reveal the dynamics of competition mediated through heterospecific pollen transfer by non-flower constant insects (2020). Our agent-based model of bee pollination dynamics reveals a novel mechanism whereby heterospecific pollen transfer may benefit the pollen producer.
One of my favourite papers that received relatively little attention
Redrawing the Boundary between Organism and Environment (2004). I describe a biosemiotics-inspired approach to modelling the evolution of sensing, action and behaviour in computational systems. The paper received very positive comments from the reviewers, but hasn't made much of an impact in the years that followed. I'll soon be embarking on some new experimental work based upon these ideas!
My latest thoughts on the concept of open-ended evolution
Evolutionary Innovations and Where to Find Them: Routes to Open-Ended Evolution in Natural and Artificial Systems (2019). An analysis of the general design requirements for open-ended creativity in evolutionary systems.
Now on YouTube! My keynote from ALIFE 2021
I am very happy to say that my keynote talk from the 2021 Conference on Artificial Life is now available to view on YouTube! The talk explored the early history of thinking about machines, robots and AI that can reproduce and evolve.
17 Sep 2021