# Artificial Life https://thegradient.pub/an-introduction-to-artificial-life-for-people-who-like-ai/ Artificial Life, often referred to as ALife, is the scientific study of life through the creation of artificial systems that exhibit behaviors characteristic of natural living systems. This field, as defined by Christopher Langton, involves a bottom-up approach to understanding the fundamental principles of life by building living systems from scratch. Researchers like Lana Sinapayen explore how these systems can mimic aspects of known biological life, focusing on general principles such as emergence, information, and computation. Lana Sinapayen, "Introduction to Artificial Life for People who Like AI", The Gradient, 2019. <!-- @article{sinapayen2019artificiallife, author = {Sinapayen, Lana}, title = {Introduction to Artificial Life for People who Like AI}, journal = {The Gradient}, year = {2019}, howpublished = {\url{[https://thegradient.pub/an-introduction-to-artificial-life-for-people-who-like-ai/](https://thegradient.pub/an-introduction-to-artificial-life-for-people-who-like-ai/) } }, } --> Also: [[Open Ended Evolution]]