Bridging Biological Complexity and Computational Innovation

Welcome to the frontier where biology and technology converge! Our project is an ambitious exploration into the adaptive behaviors and emergent properties of life, where we delve into the essence of agency—a fundamental characteristic of living systems—and how it changes upon the formation of communities.

Our Vision

We aim to create a novel experimental paradigm by integrating living organisms with computational entities in a shared ecosystem. This initiative is designed to resonate with the biological research community's growing interest in understanding life's complexity beyond the genome, encompassing the dynamic interactions that give rise to adaptive behavior in biological systems.

The Significance

Our work is poised to offer insights into the principles of life that govern cellular behavior, community formation, and evolution. By fostering interactions between biological organisms (B-Life) and artificial life forms (A-Life), we seek to investigate the potential for agency to manifest and evolve in a controlled hybrid environment. This could redefine our understanding of life's potential both on Earth and beyond, with implications for biotechnology, regenerative medicine, and synthetic biology.

Our Approach

We are engineering a symbiotic platform where biological and artificial systems engage in a mutualistic relationship, akin to metabolic cross-feeding. This platform will serve as a testbed for hypotheses about the transferability of agency and the conditions that facilitate such a transfer. Our goal is to observe if and how computational models can exhibit goal-directed behaviors influenced by their biological counterparts, thereby gaining a form of agency.

Engaging the Research Community

This project is crafted for the inquisitive minds in biological research who appreciate the intricate dance between structure and function, genotype and phenotype, and now, biology and artificiality. We invite researchers, theorists, and practitioners to engage with our findings, contribute their insights, and apply our methodologies to their own work in the life sciences.

Charting New Territory

"A-Life Meets B-Life" is not just an experiment; it's a new lens through which we can view life. As we chart this unexplored territory, we anticipate contributing a new chapter to the story of life, one that is co-authored by both biological and artificial agents. Join us as we push the boundaries of what we know about life's potential and agency.

"A-Life Meets B-Life" is not just an experiment;

it's a new lens through which we can view life. As we chart this unexplored territory, we anticipate contributing a new chapter to the story of life, one that is co-authored by both biological and artificial agents. Join us as we push the boundaries of what we know about life's potential and agency.

Embark on the Discovery

We're on a quest to decipher the language of life in all its forms. Through this initiative, we aim to catalyze a paradigm shift in how the biological research community perceives and studies the emergent properties of living systems. Welcome to our collaborative endeavor—where the enigma of life meets the precision of computation.