Summary report

Careful use of artificial intelligence is warranted There are many futures in which humankind persists and...
Final conference

Final conference

virtual conference report Our Final Conference? Summary and perspective   Participant photo “[S]traightforward projections of present trends will miss the most revolutionary innovations: the qualitatively new things that really change the world.” –...
Building the new tower

Building the new tower

Conference report Building the new tower At Alife 2019, in Newcastle upon Tyne, researchers consider life from its nano-scale foundations to the macro-scale behaviors of organizations and their societal impact. “What I cannot create, I do not...
Tom Ray’s Tierra

Tom Ray’s Tierra

Enlightenment sometimes arrives in fits and starts. Gregor Mendel’s understanding of genetics lay dormant for decades before its rediscovery. In 2001, a thousand-year-old document was probed with invisible wavelengths of light to reveal a treatment of mathematical...