DocumentCode
798081
Title
Concepts of cooperation in artificial life
Author
Thimbleby, Harold W. ; Witten, Ian H. ; Pullinger, David J.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Middlesex Univ., London, UK
Volume
25
Issue
7
fYear
1995
fDate
7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1166
Lastpage
1171
Abstract
We have built some simple, but useful, cooperative artificial life agents. Based on this experience and by contrasting our work with computer viruses, we argue that artificial life (the simulation of life including evolution) can only remain reliably and indefinitely cooperative if it adheres to explicitly-specified social conventions. Breaking or neglecting these conventions results in systems that are worse than useless; in fact, malicious with respect to human social values
Keywords
artificial intelligence; cooperative systems; cooperation concept; cooperative artificial life agents; evolution; social conventions; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer simulation; Computer viruses; DNA; Humans; Systems biology; Viruses (medical);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9472
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/21.391298
Filename
391298
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