1/5 Now in Artificial Life: our research on the creativity of unsupervised learning! Core finding: a simple model of attractor networks with Hebbian learning is sufficient to constitute a (minimal) creative process, yielding creative products as solutions of the optimization. doi.org/10.1162/ARTL...

The deadline is this Friday! You should apply to attend— it sounds like it’s going to be a blast!!! 💥

Babies ♥️

The characterization of life as a thermodynamic phenomenon out of equilibrium is usually attributed to Schrödinger. What if I told you that he wasn't the first (not even the second😶‍🌫️) to reach that famous and influential conclusion?/1 #complexitycat🐈‍⬛ amahury.github.io/posts/reinve...

ALICE Workshop 2026 | Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution Submission deadline: October 31 #Workshop #ALife #Intelligence #Complexity #Evolution ./19 amahury.github.io/posts/ALICE-...

Rare minor lemon spirit we found on the kaido

Faces of Shimanami

Are みかん even allowed at the lemon bench???

Swipe up to try a new variant on Conway's Game of Life. And another. And another. This is how artificial-life researchers spread the joy after the #ALIFE2025 conference! They say it's like TikTok, but I wouldn't know.... ⚙️🧫 rulehunt.org?rulesetHex=7... #cellularautomata #gameoflife

I can’t wait! It’s going to be a blast!

Our (in the making) paper combining morphogenetic fields and neural cellular cellular automata with @miltonllera.bsky.social, Eleni Nisioti & @risi.bsky.social got a little award at @alife2025.bsky.social #ALife2025 💮✨

Had a fantastic time at the ALIFE conf in Kyoto! 😎 This crowd is cooking some very creative and cool research ! Thank you for having me 🙏!

💐🌺🌷From the bottom of my heart, thank you all so much for a wonderful conference. You all make it amazing— each and everyone one of you. I am so lucky to have met you 🌸✨🩷 #alife2025 #alife

Richard Löffler creates lifelike oil droplets during the public event at #ALIFE2025. ⚙️🧫

T is for tacos and M is for making myself hungry by looking at these photos

lol tiny pineapple

A Huge Thank You to Softmax, Titanium Sponsor of #ALIFE2025 We are honored to welcome Softmax as a Titanium Sponsor of this year’s conference. ⬇️ x 3

A Big Thanks to #AWS, Titanium Sponsor of #ALIFE2025 We are honored to have Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Titanium Sponsor of ALIFE 2025! ⬇️ x 3

We are excited to highlight @sakanaai.bsky.social as a Gold Sponsor of #ALIFE2025! Sakana AI is doing groundbreaking work in nature-inspired intelligence, collective models, and automated scientific discovery. Their involvement enriches ALIFE in multiple ways: ⬇️ x 2

💻 For online attendees, we plan to hold an online session after Thursday's online keynote where we connect attendees with similar interests for casual group chats. Sound good? Sign up using the form below to let us know your research interests! ⬇️ x 1

🥳 ALIFE 2025 will host a Mind-Matching session to foster new collaborations and friendships! 🏯 For in-person attendees, this session will take place during part of the banquet. Would you like to meet new people with similar interests over dinner? Join the session! ⬇️ x 2

Important cat updates

Spotted some IRL pokie-mons today

Muggy summer days

The excellent team over at @alife2025.bsky.social have set up a 24/7 stream for #ALIFE related content in the lead up to the conference! What a great initiative. Check the post below for more details.

Thin mint cookies ♥️

ALIFE TV is awesome! Free lectures, talks, and videos on artificial life will be live-streamed 24/7, all the way until Oct 6th.

Haven’t posted on here in a while!

We are happy to announce that @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social will give a keynote at our Distributed Ciphers Special Session at @alife2025.bsky.social Kyoto (Oct. 6-10) #ALIFE2025 Alyssa's talk: ⭐ What Fungi, Swarms, and Cellular Automata Are Teaching Us About Intelligence ⭐

HAITO HAITO HAITO HAITO

Quick teaser of The 2025 ALife Conference Organizing Committee! Olaf Witkowski, PhD: Conference Chair Alyssa Adams, PhD: Vice Chair David Ha: Advisor Prof. Takashi Ikegami: Advisor Prof. Hiroki Sayama, Advisor @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social @hirokisayama.bsky.social

Everything, everywhere, all at once!

Great weekend at the first School of Design and Science Symposium at Chiba Tech!

Nobody does ugly face quite like me lol

I kidnapped a new friend and gave him a big big house

Twitchy cat feet

🔔 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔 Our next speaker at #ALIFE2025 is Blaise Agüera y Arcas! Blaise is an AI researcher, software engineer, software architect & author. He's also vice president and fellow at Google Research, conducting basic research and building AI-based products and technologies. #ALIFE

All that’s peculiar wonderful ♥️

And we are still taking submissions for the Community Artworks & Demos showcase. We're very excited to receive your submissions! #SciArt #ALIFE

Second (and final) hint for our first speaker: They hold a PhD in Physical Biology, and their research journey has taken them to institutes such as MIT, NASA, the California Institute of Technology, and the Santa Fe Institute. Name: _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ E _ #ALIFE2025 #ALIFE #ArtificialLife

🔔SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔 Prof. Chris Kempes will be a keynote speaker at #ALIFE2025. Well done to @amahury.bsky.social who managed to guess correctly from our previous posts. The scoreboard: @amahury.bsky.social: 1 Everybody else: 0 Next speaker hint coming up shortly. #ALIFE #ArtificialLife

🔔 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔 Our second speaker at #ALIFE2025 is Anna Ciaunica! Anna's research in philosophy of mind & cognitive science focuses on the relationship between (a)typical forms of self-consciousness, embodiment, & social interactions in human & artificial agents. #artificiallife #alife

Get those pencils out, folks! Still time to get your designs in. #ALife #SciArt

🛎️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🛎️ Emily Dolson will be on our keynote panel at #ALIFE2025. Emily is an assistant professor and head of the ECODE Lab at MSU. The goal of her research is to develop an algorithmic approach to controlling the trajectory of evolution in complex ecological communities.

🛎️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🛎️ Our next speaker is Hiro Iizuka, who will be part of our keynote panel at #ALIFE2025. Hiro is an associate professor at the Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience (CHAIN), Hokkaido University.

Dinner lol

SPEAKER LIST CONFIRMED FOR #ALIFE2025 We are pleased to start sharing details of our incredible guest speakers. These include our keynote speakers (both in-person and virtual) as well as members of our panel. We are truly honoured to be joined by some awe-inspiring speakers this year.

Here is the first hint for the first speaker. Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This speaker's research involves the origin of life and the constraints placed by physics on biological function and evolution. Hint 2 tomorrow... #ALIFE2025 #ALIFE #ArtificialLife

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I’ve never seen baby corn still in the husk! Basically my favorite food. 10/10 recommended when grilled and salted.