Tim Taylor

I’m happy to share updates on two projects that I have been working on for a while: the production of a high-quality English translation of Nils Aall Barricelli’s early paper on artificial life, Esempi Numerici di Processi di Evoluzione (1954), and the pr…

I am really pleased to share the news that the side project I’ve been working on to produce an English translation of Nils Aall Barricelli’s groundbreaking 1954 paper Esempi Numerici di Processi di Evoluzione, together with an accompanying commentary, has…

I’ve not posted here in a while but I’ve been busy working on various projects in the background.

I am pleased to announce that a second edition of the author-formatted version of our book Rise of the Self-Replicators is now available for free download and to read online!

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of having a deep-dive discussion with Ken Stanley on the topics of open-endedness and open-ended evolution in AI and ALife systems.

I am very pleased to announce that the new special issue of the Artificial Life journal on open-ended evolution is now out!

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking to Tom Barbalet on his Last Monkey Standing YouTube channel.

I am pleased to announce that my publishing company, Enchanted Bit, has released a new ebook version of the 1903 biological sci-fi adventure The Prots: A Weird Romance.

I am pleased to announce the publication of a new afterword to our book Rise of the Self-Replicators, featuring several relevant sources that have come to my attention since the book was published.

I am pleased to announce the launch of my new Enchanted Bit website, which will showcase some of my projects and side-projects on topics relating to Artificial Life and more.