artificial lifen.

Brit.

/ˌɑːtᵻfɪʃl ˈlʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˌɑrdəfɪʃ(ə)l ˈlaɪf/

Forms: see artificial adj. and n. and life n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: artificial adj., life n.

Etymology: < artificial adj. + life n.

1. The (apparent) possession of life by an inanimate object.

ΚΠ

1613 F. Beaumont Masqve Inner Temple sig. C2^v Behold the Statues which wise Vulcan plac'd Vnder the Altar of Olympian Ioue, Shall daunce for ioy of these great Nuptialls: And gaue to them an Artificiall life.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan Introd. 1 For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs, the beginning whereof is in some principall part within; why may we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheeles as doth a watch) have an artificiall life?

1884 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 13 46 Imagination endows them with artificial life, assigning to them a gender, as if they were living creatures.

1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Nov. k1 The animal body was understood as an automaton directed by clockwork and the technology of automata promised realization of the ancient dream of the creation of artificial life.

2. A property of artificial structures and systems (as computer simulations and robots) which are designed to simulate some basic aspects of biological behaviour, such as movement, interaction with surroundings, replication, or evolution; the field of study concerned with investigating or developing this.

ΚΠ

1986 C. G. Langton in Physica D 22 120/2 We propose that the notion of the ‘molecular logic of the living state’ can be captured by the interactions of virtual automata and thus that the existence of artificial life within cellular automata is a distinct possibility.

1994 K. Kelly Out of Control xvii. 346 We could say that computer viruses are the first examples of emergent artificial life.

1999 N.Y. Times 2 Sept. g12/1 The use of life-like creatures created by computer programs as a tool for biological research is one aspect of a growing field of research known as artificial life.

2005 C. de Duve Singularities xii. 160 Until the created systems are shown to have a relationship with reality..they are better called ‘biomimetic’ or ‘lifelike’ than advertised under the misleading name of ‘artificial life’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	artificial life
释义	artificial lifen. Brit. /ˌɑːtᵻfɪʃl ˈlʌɪf/, U.S. /ˌɑrdəfɪʃ(ə)l ˈlaɪf/ Forms: see artificial adj. and n. and life n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: artificial adj., life n. Etymology: < artificial adj. + life n. 1. The (apparent) possession of life by an inanimate object. ΚΠ 1613 F. Beaumont Masqve Inner Temple sig. C2^v Behold the Statues which wise Vulcan plac'd Vnder the Altar of Olympian Ioue, Shall daunce for ioy of these great Nuptialls: And gaue to them an Artificiall life. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan Introd. 1 For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs, the beginning whereof is in some principall part within; why may we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheeles as doth a watch) have an artificiall life? 1884 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 13 46 Imagination endows them with artificial life, assigning to them a gender, as if they were living creatures. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Nov. k1 The animal body was understood as an automaton directed by clockwork and the technology of automata promised realization of the ancient dream of the creation of artificial life. 2. A property of artificial structures and systems (as computer simulations and robots) which are designed to simulate some basic aspects of biological behaviour, such as movement, interaction with surroundings, replication, or evolution; the field of study concerned with investigating or developing this. ΚΠ 1986 C. G. Langton in Physica D 22 120/2 We propose that the notion of the ‘molecular logic of the living state’ can be captured by the interactions of virtual automata and thus that the existence of artificial life within cellular automata is a distinct possibility. 1994 K. Kelly Out of Control xvii. 346 We could say that computer viruses are the first examples of emergent artificial life. 1999 N.Y. Times 2 Sept. g12/1 The use of life-like creatures created by computer programs as a tool for biological research is one aspect of a growing field of research known as artificial life. 2005 C. de Duve Singularities xii. 160 Until the created systems are shown to have a relationship with reality..they are better called ‘biomimetic’ or ‘lifelike’ than advertised under the misleading name of ‘artificial life’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1613
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