Design, observation, surprise! A test of emergence

Edmund M.A. Ronald; Moshe Sipper; Mathieu S. Capcarrère

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Design, observation, surprise! A test of emergence

Edmund M.A. Ronald, Moshe Sipper, Mathieu S. Capcarrère

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Abstract

The field of artificial life (Alife) is replete with documented instances of emergence, though debate still persists as to the meaning of this term. We contend that, in the absence of an acceptable definition, researchers in the field would be well served by adopting an emergence certification mark that would garner approval from the Alife community. Toward this end, we propose an emergence test, namely, criteria by which one can justify conferring the emergence label.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	225-239
Number of pages	15
Journal	Artificial Life
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/106454699568755
State	Published - 1 Jan 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Artificial life
Emergence
Turing test

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Artificial Intelligence

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