Self-Reproducing Machines: The Evolution of an Idea.- Animals and Machines: Changing Relationships in the 17th and 18th Centuries.- Babbage Meets Darwin: Mechanization and Evolution in the 19th Century.- Robot Evolution and the Fate of Humanity: Pop Culture and Futurology in the Early 20th Century.- From Idea to Reality: Designing and Building Self-reproducing Machines in the Mid-20th Century.- More Recent Developments: Signposts to Work from the 1960s to the Present.- The Next Evolution: Reflection and Outlook.
Tim Taylor is a scientist, author, and coder, based in
Edinburgh, Scotland. He pursues research and development in
artificial life, agent-based modelling and artificial intelligence,
and also has a deep interest in the history of these fields. He has
held research positions in various leading universities in the UK
and Australia, including Edinburgh, York and Goldsmiths. He
currently works part-time (and remotely) as a Senior Research
Fellow in the Department of Data Science and AI at Monash
University, while also pursuing his own research and writing
interests as an independent researcher. He is an associate examiner
for the University of London, and an elected board member of the
International Society for Artificial Life.
Alan Dorin is an Associate Professor at Monash University in
Australia where he leads the Computational and Collective
Intelligence group within the Department of Data Science and AI.
His research interests include artificial life, ecological
modelling, insect-plant interaction and simulation,
biologically-inspired electronic media art, generative art, and the
history of technology. He promotes an understanding of the
relationships between technology, society and the natural
environment by encouraging interdisciplinary curiosity.
“In addition to describing historical sources and summarizing their
ideas, the authors offer full-text, translated quotations, which
makes the book an extremely useful reference source for studying
artificial life philosophy that focuses on self-replication. … Rise
of the Self-Replicators is undoubtedly exciting and inspirational
for its primary audience—fellow members of the ALife community—as
well as for philosophers, science fiction enthusiasts, and
futurists.” (Yulia Frumer, Technology and Culture, Vol. 62 (4),
October, 2021)
“Their book brings to light many historical and scientific facts
that have never been published in the modern literature before. …
Taylor and Dorin have written their book Rise of the
Self-Replicators in such a way that I fully recommend it to anyone
interested in learning about the origins of the idea of artificial
objects that can reproduce and evolve. … I believe that all
open-minded readers could benefit from the knowledge that they get
from this excellent book.” (J. Čejková, Artificial Life, September
13, 2021)
“The book Rise of the Self-Replicators by Taylor and Dorin provides
an intriguing historical perspective on the origin of the ideas
around self-replication and evolution in machines. … Rise of the
Self-Replicators is a great read, and highly recommended to all the
readers of the journal and their collaborators.” (Stefano Nichele,
Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, Vol. 22, 2021)
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