artificial life

American  

noun

1. the simulation of any aspect of life, as through computers, robotics, or biochemistry.

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artificial life Scientific  

1. The simulation of biological phenomena through the use of computer models and robotics.

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Etymology

Origin of artificial life

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

"Being able to incorporate designer springs will also add a new tool to the growing capability at TU Chemnitz towards microelectronic morphogenesis and artificial life," adds Prof.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

Three adults were tucked into hospital beds, still and apparently asleep, with ventilators and other machines of artificial life doing the work that their bodies couldn’t do.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

Attention to this case isn’t surprising: A century of science fiction should be enough to demonstrate that we’re fascinated by the prospect of creating true artificial life.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2022

Here’s hoping that we will find a recipe for artificial life that will allow us to imagine something far more intelligent than the natural life we encountered so far.

From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2021

The artificial life force animating them seemed to fail if pressed too far...at least in some of them.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick