Series: Vignettes

Driving through the countryside, you may have noticed that nowadays it's paddock after paddock of merino sheep, while virtually every cow lining up for milking is black and white. Your neighbours' backyard chooks are likely to be Isa Browns. You probably can't even remember the last time you saw a pig, because they're all hidden away in sheds. An extinction...

In today's world, we find ourselves repeatedly evaluating whether things are real or "fake" in ways that often depend on the distinction between that which is living and that which merely appears to be so. This question seems to require continuous revaluation with each major technological shift. Artificial Life is concerned with the aesthetic facets of artificial life. It argues...