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Tom Barbalet talks with artificial life developers, academics, musers and users about the history and future of artificial life

Tom Barbalet


    • May 19, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 273 EPISODES


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    Returning to the Discussion [May 19, 2024]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 59:40


    Tom catches up with Dr. Imy Khan.

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    Chat with Anton Mikhailov [May 21, 2022]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2022 53:35


    Anton has built a clock and Tom talks about simulating Sea Lion.

    Hello World [April 24, 2022]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 5:16


    Tom asks if you have something to share?

    Anti-Peacocking [January 21, 2020]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 54:35


    Anton hit a roadblock with the Moveable Feast Machine due to some GPU compiler issues. Tom has been working on a project called libdeep to answer some interesting questions about how to make software that is useful for a variety of folks. They digress into the Roomba. How good is machine learning and why hasn't artificial life done just as well? What is still yet to be found useful in the field. Anton wants to understand more about the ApeSDK. Tom introduces Ecosim (after the recording Tom provided the source to Anton).

    Anti-Peacocking [January 21, 2020]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 54:35


    Anton hit a roadblock with the Moveable Feast Machine due to some GPU compiler issues. Tom has been working on a project called libdeep to answer some interesting questions about how to make software that is useful for a variety of folks. They digress into the Roomba. How good is machine learning and why hasn't artificial life done just as well? What is still yet to be found useful in the field. Anton wants to understand more about the ApeSDK. Tom introduces Ecosim (after the recording Tom provided the source to Anton).

    Nerd Obsessive Enterprises [August 9, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2019 44:14


    Anton has been porting Movable Feast Machine to the GPU. They discuss work waivers. Tom discusses what an iPhone app means. How about Patreon? Anton and Tom finish the podcast talking about Kickstarters too.

    Nerd Obsessive Enterprises [August 9, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 44:14


    Anton has been porting Movable Feast Machine to the GPU. They discuss work waivers. Tom discusses what an iPhone app means. How about Patreon? Anton and Tom finish the podcast talking about Kickstarters too.

    Creating the Surroundings [August 5, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 39:30


    Tom welcomes back on Dr. Bruce Damer. Tom asks for Bruce's thoughts on the Wikipedia situation. Bruce talks about the Biota Institute in understanding the origin of life and a new company, Epsilonics. They discuss Tom Ray's criticism of artificial life for doing open ended simulation. What has Deepak Chopra provided in feedback to Bruce? Tom raises the idea that emergent complexity is the panacea for the media-centric world. Bruce talks about his responsibility to the issues impacting the planet.

    Creating the Surroundings [August 5, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 39:30


    Tom welcomes back on Dr. Bruce Damer. Tom asks for Bruce's thoughts on the Wikipedia situation. Bruce talks about the Biota Institute in understanding the origin of life and a new company, Epsilonics. They discuss Tom Ray's criticism of artificial life for doing open ended simulation. What has Deepak Chopra provided in feedback to Bruce? Tom raises the idea that emergent complexity is the panacea for the media-centric world. Bruce talks about his responsibility to the issues impacting the planet.

    Galapagotchi with Gerald de Jong [July 6, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2019 35:04


    Gerald de Jong has been in and out of creating simulations over the past eight years but he's returned to work on Galapagotchi. Tom tries very hard to create distinctions between springs and tensegrity structures but Gerald isn't having any of it. Gerald gives a definition of Galapagotchi. How have Gerald's thoughts changed about artificial life in the past eight years? What's the distinction between water and land?

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    Galapagotchi with Gerald de Jong [July 6, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2019 35:04


    Gerald de Jong has been in and out of creating simulations over the past eight years but he's returned to work on Galapagotchi. Tom tries very hard to create distinctions between springs and tensegrity structures but Gerald isn't having any of it. Gerald gives a definition of Galapagotchi. How have Gerald's thoughts changed about artificial life in the past eight years? What's the distinction between water and land?

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    Moveable Fiesta [June 28, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2019 43:27


    Tom welcomes on Professor David Ackley who introduces his interests in artificial life and how he developed Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning. Can this work map back into biology? What does it take to get this kind of cross disciplinary collaboration? Tom asks about Professor Ackley's motivation to put so much information on YouTube. How is this different to publicly accessible papers? Does it bring students to the field? Professor Ackley talks about the vision of a new computer architecture: the Moveable Feast Machine. Tom asks about Anton's work with a GPU-based Moveable Feast Machine. Is there a possibility to get slightly more complex artificial life running on the Moveable Feast Machine? Listen in to find out.

    Moveable Fiesta [June 28, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2019 43:27


    Tom welcomes on Professor David Ackley who introduces his interests in artificial life and how he developed Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning. Can this work map back into biology? What does it take to get this kind of cross disciplinary collaboration? Tom asks about Professor Ackley's motivation to put so much information on YouTube. How is this different to publicly accessible papers? Does it bring students to the field? Professor Ackley talks about the vision of a new computer architecture: the Moveable Feast Machine. Tom asks about Anton's work with a GPU-based Moveable Feast Machine. Is there a possibility to get slightly more complex artificial life running on the Moveable Feast Machine? Listen in to find out.

    Veritable Feast [June 7, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2019 53:10


    Anton returns to talk about Lenia https://chakazul.github.io/Lenia/JavaScript/Lenia.html, David H. Ackley's Movable Feast Machine https://movablefeastmachine.org. Tom and Anton do a deep dive into the many flavors of parallelism Tom has used with Noble Ape. Anton also likes GPU programming. If you would like to be on a Biota podcast, please get in contact with Tom - barbalet at the email address noted.

    Veritable Feast [June 7, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2019 53:10


    Anton returns to talk about Lenia https://chakazul.github.io/Lenia/JavaScript/Lenia.html, David H. Ackley's Movable Feast Machine https://movablefeastmachine.org. Tom and Anton do a deep dive into the many flavors of parallelism Tom has used with Noble Ape. Anton also likes GPU programming. If you would like to be on a Biota podcast, please get in contact with Tom - barbalet at the email address noted.

    GenePool Revisited [May 25, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 31:58


    Tom Barbalet welcomes back Jeffrey Ventrella to talk about his ongoing projects, GenePool and Wiggle Planet, with longtime co-developer, Brian Dodd. They talk about open source and Jeffrey's other projects: a book on fractal curves and taking artificial life to the traditional art world.

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    GenePool Revisited [May 25, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2019 31:58


    Tom Barbalet welcomes back Jeffrey Ventrella to talk about his ongoing projects, GenePool and Wiggle Planet, with longtime co-developer, Brian Dodd. They talk about open source and Jeffrey's other projects: a book on fractal curves and taking artificial life to the traditional art world.

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    Surviving Notability, Simulation as a Service and Self-Replicating Steam Engines [May 19, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 57:31


    Tom Barbalet welcomes back Tim Taylor to talk about how we communicate on the field of artificial life. They also discuss Tim's ideas on simulation as a service and Tim's new book on self-replicating machine discussions through history.

    Surviving Notability, Simulation as a Service and Self-Replicating Steam Engines [May 19, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 57:31


    Tom Barbalet welcomes back Tim Taylor to talk about how we communicate on the field of artificial life. They also discuss Tim's ideas on simulation as a service and Tim's new book on self-replicating machine discussions through history.

    Deletions, Simulation as a Service, ApeScript and the Curse [May 13, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 42:22


    Tom Barbalet talks with Anton Mikhailov on a variety of topics. Will they continue the podcast after the meeting? Time will tell.

    Deletions, Simulation as a Service, ApeScript and the Curse [May 13, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 42:22


    Tom Barbalet talks with Anton Mikhailov on a variety of topics. Will they continue the podcast after the meeting? Time will tell.

    The Secret Life of Simulators and Bees [April 26, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2019 61:06


    Tom Barbalet talks with Anton Mikhailov about his bee simulation, moving it open source and some of the historical pitfalls in making artificial life your day job. If you would like to ask further questions and topics for Anton and Tom, please email barbalet at gmail dot com. We'd really appreciate the topics and feedback.

    The Secret Life of Simulators and Bees [April 26, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2019 61:06


    Tom Barbalet talks with Anton Mikhailov about his bee simulation, moving it open source and some of the historical pitfalls in making artificial life your day job. If you would like to ask further questions and topics for Anton and Tom, please email barbalet at gmail dot com. We'd really appreciate the topics and feedback.

    Restarting the Biota Podcast [January 26, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2019 5:19


    Tom Barbalet is interested in restarting the podcast but he needs your help. barbalet at gmail dot com for more!

    Restarting the Biota Podcast [January 26, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2019 5:19


    Tom Barbalet is interested in restarting the podcast but he needs your help. barbalet at gmail dot com for more!

    Announcement: biotacast.org is the New Location For the Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2018 0:29


    The Biota Podcast's home has moved to http://biotacast.org/

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    Announcement: biotacast.org is the New Location For the Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2018 0:29


    The Biota Podcast's home has moved to http://biotacast.org/

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    Simulcast Short Funk #10: Something Musical [April 27, 2015]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2015 6:36


    Tom Barbalet has a new daily podcast http://shortfunk.com/ Sometimes he talks about things relating to Biota.

    Simulcast Short Funk #10: Something Musical [April 27, 2015]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2015 6:36


    Tom Barbalet has a new daily podcast http://shortfunk.com/ Sometimes he talks about things relating to Biota.

    Announcement: biotacast.org is the New Location For the Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2015 0:29


    The Biota Podcast's home has moved to http://biotacast.org/

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    Announcement: biotacast.org is the New Location For the Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2015 0:29


    The Biota Podcast's home has moved to http://biotacast.org/

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    Simulcast: Is Consciousness in the Cloud Evolving? [February 25, 2014]

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 87:43


    Reese Jones, Tom Barbalet and a number of other folk provide a discussion around what is consciousness in the context of the internet and cloud computing.

    Simulcast: Is Consciousness in the Cloud Evolving? [February 25, 2014]

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2014 87:43


    Reese Jones, Tom Barbalet and a number of other folk provide a discussion around what is consciousness in the context of the internet and cloud computing.

    Special: What do You Want in 2014? [December 24, 2013]

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2013 4:46


    With the number of listeners to this podcast, Tom makes a plea for content in 2014. What would you like to hear? Would you like to submit audio? Please get in contact (tom at nobleape dot com)

    Special: What do You Want in 2014? [December 24, 2013]

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2013 4:46


    With the number of listeners to this podcast, Tom makes a plea for content in 2014. What would you like to hear? Would you like to submit audio? Please get in contact (tom at nobleape dot com)

    Simulcast: Tom Barbalet on Self-Conscious Noble Apes [October 28, 2013]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2013 13:02


    Tom Barbalet presents the final talk at Conscious in the Cloud in response to the prior Conscious in the Cloud talk with Larry Yaeger.

    Simulcast: Tom Barbalet on Self-Conscious Noble Apes [October 28, 2013]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2013 13:02


    Tom Barbalet presents the final talk at Conscious in the Cloud in response to the prior Conscious in the Cloud talk with Larry Yaeger.

    Biota Special: Artificial Life in the Cloud [August 19, 2013]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013 88:57


    Tom Barbalet brings the C-Realm's KMO and Polyworld's Larry Yaeger together to discuss artificial life in the cloud. The audience presents questions to the three participants and the ethics of artificial life in the cloud is explored.

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    Biota Special: Artificial Life in the Cloud [August 19, 2013]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013 88:57


    Tom Barbalet brings the C-Realm's KMO and Polyworld's Larry Yaeger together to discuss artificial life in the cloud. The audience presents questions to the three participants and the ethics of artificial life in the cloud is explored.

    Biota Special: A Chat Between Three Toms [June 29, 2013]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2013 113:50


    Three Toms get together to discuss Reddit and artificial life, two of the Toms introduce their backgrounds, Tom Barbalet answers questions from Reddit on Noble Ape and they talk about how to create a substantial artificial life project with integrity.

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    Biota Special: A Chat Between Three Toms [June 29, 2013]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2013 113:50


    Three Toms get together to discuss Reddit and artificial life, two of the Toms introduce their backgrounds, Tom Barbalet answers questions from Reddit on Noble Ape and they talk about how to create a substantial artificial life project with integrity.

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    Announcement: biotacast.org is the New Location For the Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2013 0:29


    The Biota Podcast's home has moved to http://biotacast.org/

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    Announcement: biotacast.org is the New Location For the Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2013 0:29


    The Biota Podcast's home has moved to http://biotacast.org/

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