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Tom Barbalet interviews artificial life developers about their previous, current and future development and artificial life theorists about the history and direction of artificial life

Tom Barbalet


    • Aug 13, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 45m AVG DURATION
    • 406 EPISODES


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    A Discussion With Imy Khan - Hiroki! [August 13, 2023]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 46:19


    Tom welcomes back Imy Khan to talk about his time in Japan.

    A Discussion With Steve Grand [July 22, 2023]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2023 89:14


    Tom welcomes back Steve Grand to talk about Grandroids amongst other things.

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    A Discussion With Imy Khan - Music and Roleplaying Games [July 16, 2023]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 63:32


    Tom welcomes back Imy Khan to talk about music and roleplaying games.

    Jeffrey Ventrella: Walkers and War [July 8, 2023]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2023 43:08


    Tom welcomes on Jeffrey Ventrella to talk about their various projects.

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    A Discussion With Imy Khan - Introductions [June 24, 2023]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 48:58


    Tom welcomes on Imy Khan to talk about their various projects.

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    Biota Lost Recording: Noble Ape Seminar at MSU [July 27, 2012]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 61:58


    This is a talk given primarily to biologists on the Noble Ape Simulation. The academics who don't introduce themselves are Prof. Fred Dyer, Dr. Aaron Wagner and Prof. Robert Pennock.

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    Biota Flashback: Douglas Rushkoff [July 15, 2011]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 53:08


    Celebrating fifteen years of the Noble Ape development, Tom chats with Douglas Rushkoff about how to set up a project like Noble Ape now, how things have changed since Cyberia, simulations, open source and the human versus the project.

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    Biota Special: A New Philosophy of the Mind with Jeffrey Ventrella [April 30, 2023]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 38:40


    Tom welcomes back on Jeffrey Ventrella to discuss a number of ideas.

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    Biota Special: A New Biota with Bruce Damer [April 22, 2023]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 46:21


    Tom welcomes back on Dr. Bruce Damer to discuss a number of ideas.

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    Post-Biota: Where Now? [November 6, 2022]

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 5:09


    Tom puts out to the community the question of what to do to regather the community.

    Simulcast. The Loneliness Of Simulation Creation [October 30, 2022]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 7:08


    Tom discribes the loneliness of simulation creation.

    Post-Biota: ApeSDK on Thunder [October 4, 2022]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 12:10


    Tom talks about the process of developing simulation to try to solicit discussion from other developers.

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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).

    Biota [December 8, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 5:40


    Tom provides a footnote to Biota.

    Biota [December 8, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 5:40


    Tom provides a footnote to Biota.

    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.

    Ape Reality Simulcast 157. Noble Ape Seminar at the Beacon Center, Michigan State University [July 27, 2012]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 61:58


    This is a talk given primarily to biologists on the Noble Ape Simulation. The academics who don't introduce themselves are Prof. Fred Dyer, Dr. Aaron Wagner and Prof. Robert Pennock.

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    Ape Reality Simulcast 157. Noble Ape Seminar at the Beacon Center, Michigan State University [July 27, 2012]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 61:58


    This is a talk given primarily to biologists on the Noble Ape Simulation. The academics who don't introduce themselves are Prof. Fred Dyer, Dr. Aaron Wagner and Prof. Robert Pennock.

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    Long Funk Simulcast 51. A Shared Language in nobleape.io [March 31, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 10:37


    Tom discusses the background and potential of Noble Ape in the cloud with JSON. http://www.longfunk.com/archive.html#51

    Long Funk Simulcast 51. A Shared Language in nobleape.io [March 31, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 10:37


    Tom discusses the background and potential of Noble Ape in the cloud with JSON. http://www.longfunk.com/archive.html#51

    Long Funk Simulcast 45. Bob Mottram and Leeds [February 12, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 8:03


    Noble Ape banter is a real luxury. http://www.longfunk.com/archive.html#45

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    Long Funk Simulcast 45. Bob Mottram and Leeds [February 12, 2019]

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 8:03


    Noble Ape banter is a real luxury. http://www.longfunk.com/archive.html#45

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    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!

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