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artificial life

American

noun

the simulation of any aspect of life, as through computers, robotics, or biochemistry.

artificial life Scientific

The simulation of biological phenomena through the use of computer models and robotics.

Etymology

Origin of artificial life

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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Now, Kriegman and his team view their new AI as the next advance in their quest to explore the potential of artificial life.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

This is what I and my colleague and artificial life expert Olaf Witkowski have recently explored.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

Three adults were tucked into hospital beds, still and apparently asleep, with ventilators and other machines of artificial life doing the work that their bodies couldn’t do.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

On one hand there is a nine-to-five job you don’t like and a totally artificial life.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022

The artificial life force animating them seemed to fail if pressed too far...at least in some of them.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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