Creation
Creation
Steve Grand
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Creation

Creation: Life and How to Make It

Steve Grand
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Steve Grand
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In "Creation," Steve Grand embarks on an exploratory journey into the depths of artificial life, challenging the boundaries between the digital and the organic. With the backdrop of his groundbreaking game, Creatures®, Grand weaves a narrative that is as much about the intricate lives of his digital beings as it is about the philosophical questions they pose. As the architect of a new form of existence, Grand meticulously crafts a universe where artificial creatures learn, evolve, and interact based on complex algorithms and genetic coding, offering a fascinating window into the potential futures of life and intelligence. Beyond a mere account of technological achievement, "Creation" delves into the profound implications of creating life in cyberspace. Grand challenges the reader to reconsider what it means to be alive, proposing a vision of reality where the lines between the material and the virtual, the organic and the engineered, begin to blur. With a narrative that is both intellectually provocative and deeply personal, Grand invites us to ponder the possibilities of what we might create, and in doing so, what we might become. Engaging and thought-provoking, "Creation" is a testament to the power of human imagination and a compelling exploration of the potential that lies in the intersection of science, philosophy, and digital worlds.

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Released
2000
1 Jan
Length
240
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Bezos became enamored with [this book]. - Brad Stone
[Think] of an experience from your childhood. Something you remember clearly, something you can see, feel, maybe even smell, as if you were really there. After all you really were there at the time, weren't you? How else could you remember it? But here is the bombshell: you weren't there. Not a single atom that is in your body today was there when that event took place. Every bit of you has been replaced many times over (which is why you eat, of course). You are not even the same shape as you were then. The point is that you are like a cloud: something that persists over long periods, while simultaneously being in flux. Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to be you. Whatever you are, therefore, you are not the stuff of which you are made. If that does not make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, read it again until it does, because it is important.
— Steve Grand, Creation

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