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Título del libro: Investigations Into Living Systems, Artificial Life, And Real-World Solutions
Título del capítulo: What does artificial life tell US about death?

Autores UNAM:
CARLOS GERSHENSON GARCIA;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2013
Palabras clave:

Artificial intelligence; Genetic engineering; Artificial Life; Living systems; Biological systems


Resumen:

This paper discusses how concepts developed within artificial life (ALife) can help demystify the notion of death. This is relevant because sooner or later we will all die; death affects us all. Studying the properties of living systems independently of their substrate, ALife describes life as a type of organization. Thus, death entails the loss of that organization. Within this perspective, different notions of death are derived from different notions of life. Also, the relationship between life and mind and the implications of death to the mind are discussed. A criterium is proposed in which the value of life depends on its uniqueness, i.e. a living system is more valuable if it is harder to replace. However, this does not imply that death in replaceable living systems is unproblematic. This is decided on whether there is harm to the system produced by death. The paper concludes with speculations about how the notion of death could be shaped in the future. © 2013 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.


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