Episode 170: Learning & Life

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast

English - April 06, 2024 14:34 - 57 minutes - 53 MB - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
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Guest: Dr. Stuart Bartlett

Complexity scientist, astrobiologist, and artificial life researcher Dr. Stuart Bartlett joins us to discuss how information processing has been a key feature of life, from its emergence 4 billion years ago to artificial intelligence today.

Stuart's paper "Provenance of life: Chemical autonomous agents surviving through associative learning": https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.034401

Mike & Stuart's paper "Searching for Life, Mindful of Lyfe’s Possibilities": https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/6/783

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