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New web version of book available to read online for free!
26 Nov 2021
I am delighted to announce the launch today of a new, open-access web version of our book, Rise of the Self-Replicators, which can be read for free online.
Read full article »Review of our book in the Technology and Culture journal
29 Oct 2021
I am really pleased to see another good review of our book Rise of the Self-Replicators in a journal a little further away from my home discipline of Artificial Life. Yulia Frumer’s review appears in the latest issue of the Technology and Culture journal.
Read full article »Another nice review of our book
23 Sep 2021
Our book Rise of the Self-Replicators has received another nice review, this time in the journal Artificial Life.
Read full article »Now on YouTube! My keynote from ALIFE 2021
17 Sep 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.
Read full article »My keynote at the 2021 Conference on Artificial Life
27 Jul 2021
Last week I was really honoured to present a keynote talk at the 2021 Conference on Artificial Life, entitled Weird Tales: Early Visions of Machines That Can Reproduce and Evolve, and Their Relevance Today. The talk explored the early history of thinking about machines, robots and AI that can reproduce and evolve.
Read full article »Schedule for the Fourth Workshop on Open-Ended Evolution
21 Jul 2021
I am pleased to announce that the finalised schedule for the Fourth Workshop on Open-Ended Evolution (OEE4) is now out! The online workshop will be held on 22 July 2021 as part of the 2021 Conference on Artificial Life.
Read full article »Call for Papers released for the Fourth Workshop on Open-Ended Evolution
27 Mar 2021
I am pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for the Fourth Workshop on Open-Ended Evolution (OEE4) is now out! The online workshop will be held as part of the 2021 Conference on Artificial Life over 19-23 July 2021.
Read full article »New review of our book
15 Feb 2021
Our book Rise of the Self-Replicators has received a nice review in the journal Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines.
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