Artificial life is a research field devoted to the theoretical study of features of living systems, such as evolution and the brain. The field has developed philosophical concepts such as autopoiesis and emergence, alongside a large range of computational and experimental setups, from evolutionary simulations to robotics and chemical experiments. The complexity and diversity of the artificial life field is crucial to its community. Many researchers consider the community a real source of creativity and free-minded exchange of ideas on important questions. For ideas that donʼt fit neatly into a single “mainstream” field of science, there is value in examining and discussing them in a context free from departmental or disciplinary constraints, with the purpose of reaching a better knowledge of the fundamental mechanisms that govern living systems. Workers in the field of artificial life convene yearly at a conference, which most recently took place in 2018 in Tokyo. The ALIFE 2018 conference highlighted eight categories of topics:

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人工生命——下一代视角：来自 2018 年东京会议的回声

人工生命是一个致力于生命系统特征的理论研究的研究领域，如进化和大脑。该领域已经发展出哲学概念，例如自创生和出现，以及大量的计算和实验设置，从进化模拟到机器人和化学实验。人工生命领域的复杂性和多样性对其社区至关重要。许多研究人员认为社区是创造力和就重要问题自由交流思想的真正来源。对于不完全适合单一“主流”科学领域的想法，在不受部门或学科限制的背景下检查和讨论它们是有价值的，目的是更好地了解管理生命系统的基本机制. 人工生命领域的工作人员每年都会召开一次会议，最近一次会议于 2018 年在东京举行。ALIFE 2018 会议突出了八类主题：