Robust-first computing: Beyond efficiency Dave Ackley 2013-09-20 | A high-level introduction to robust-first computing, with a sorting demo.
Stating The Obvious Out Loud Dave Ackley 2023-09-06 | An introduction to the Living Computation Theory of Everything.(A public lecture of the Hyperspace Academy, recorded live September 5, 2023 during the T2sday Update.)------------------------------------------------MORE INFORMATION:On YouTube:Hyperspace Academy hyperspaceacademy.org T2 Tile Project: youtube.com/channel/UC1M91QuLZfCzHjBMEKvIc-AContact: Mastodon: @livcomp@hachyderm.io Discord: discord.gg/rBV6Y6sWNYSupport: Living Computation Foundation: livingcomputation.org----0:00 What Should We Want?6:00 Define, Defend, and Attack7:58 The Mind Theory of Everything12:37 The Physics Theory of Everything24:15 Intro: The Living Computation ToE27:17 Define: The LCToE29:29 What Good Is The LCToE?34:34 The Living Computation Core API35:30 Consequences of the LCToE41:00 Physics Attacks the LCToE!45:00 Mind Attacks the LCToE!46:28 IOU A Reference Implementation50:30 The Implementation Gap54:01 Dave Attacks the LCToE!57:25 Living Computation's Answers
Artificial Life Research Talk - The Diamond Replicator - July 25, 2023 Dave Ackley 2023-07-26 | Talk given virtually at the ALIFE23 conference in Sapporo Japan.------------------------------------------------MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOVABLE FEAST MACHINE AND THE T2 TILE PROJECTOn YouTube: T2 Tile Project: youtube.com/channel/UC1M91QuLZfCzHjBMEKvIc-A T2 Demos channel: youtube.com/channel/UCvYU9hl3y-anHrD_Z6ECB_Q Introductory videos: Demon Horde Sort: youtube.com/watch?v=helScS3coAE Beyond Efficiency: youtube.com/watch?v=7hwO8Q_TyCAContact: Mastodon: @livcomp@hachyderm.io Discord: discord.gg/rBV6Y6sWNYSupport: Living Computation Foundation: livingcomputation.orgWeb: t2tile.com livingcomputation.orgSoftware: github.com/DaveAckley/MFM github.com/DaveAckley/ULAMUbuntu PPA: launchpad.net/~ackley/+archive/ubuntu/mfmThe T2 Tile Project: youtube.com/channel/UC1M91QuLZfCzHjBMEKvIc-At2tile.com------------0:00 Introduction: To Build New Life1:44 The Plan and The Results3:13 Case Study Data3:51 Flourishing Cellular Automata6:39 Movable Feast Machine and ulam8:40 Design Patterns in the Replicator9:49 Design Pattern: Self-stabilization11:20 Design Pattern: Signals and Gradients12:45 Demo: Diamond Cutting14:30 Conclusion: Call to Action15:21 (Bonus Result!)
How I Got Started In Artificial Life Dave Ackley 2023-07-25 | Three Questions Ten Minutes - ISAL 2023 Summer School Researcher Video1. What sparked your interest in artificial life research, and how did you get started in this field?2. Can you explain one of your most exciting or surprising findings in artificial life in a way that a beginner could understand?3. What is one big, unanswered question in artificial life that you think could be important in the future?
Artificial Life Metabolism Demo #Shorts Dave Ackley 2023-03-28 | Cell membrane and metabolism simulation from the '00s
A Coordination Task Dave Ackley 2022-03-06 | A simple distributed computing model run on Lotus 1 & 2 of the T2 tile grid.Ukrainian National Anthem - Creative Commons audio from:youtube.com/watch?v=rgXfkmtd_Uk
Robust Local Synchronization - Research Notebook Video Dave Ackley 2021-12-06 | Discussion and demos about synchronizing the asynchronous robustly in computing systems.The T2 Tile Project: youtube.com/channel/UC1M91QuLZfCzHjBMEKvIc-At2tile.comSoftware:github.com/DaveAckley/T2DemosLiving Computation Foundation:livingcomputation.org0:00 Introduction0:45 Sync of Computers Past3:05 Sync of Computers Present4:34 Sync of Computers Future5:58 Sync over Asynchronous Cellular Automata8:25 Demo 1: Waiting for the neighbors10:56 Simulating synchronous updating12:30 Demo 2: Conway's Game of Life15:00 It's the end of the universe18:30 Bottom Line: Global sync fails19:14 Local programmed sync is different21:28 Demo 3: The jerk and the empath24:25 Related work: Ring Oscillators27:50 Demo 4: Generalized Software Ring Oscillator34:13 Discussion: Against object-orientation36:53 Conclusion: Fight the master of the universe
We Are Coders - HSA101.2: Hypersubspaces Dave Ackley 2021-04-25 | The second lecture of "HSA101 Introduction to Classical Hyperspace".0:00 prologue: Living Computation4:15 introduction: Big Pictures5:32 We Are Coders / We're All Coders8:35 Making Code Work10:45 Sometimes We're The Machine16:50 The Self Image22:15 demo: Performing on the Self Image27:59 Hypersubspace Search & Sequence, Limited31:00 demo: Hypersubspace Generation37:04 demo: Hypersubspace Search51:17 discussion: Attack Vectors54:57 conclusion: We Are Coders
The Early History of Digital Computing Dave Ackley 2021-02-20 | A light-hearted general audience introduction to the secret-not-secret true history of digital computing, from the beginning to the PC.Prepared for the UNM Engineering Student Success Center. Presented Feb 19, 2021.-----0:00 Introduction0:38 Digital Computing: The Beginning1:03 Computing With Digits1:36 Write-Once Memory2:59 Read-Write Memory3:28 Sequential Computing4:41 The Science Way5:20 The Engineering Way6:26 Jacquard Loom7:47 Colossus Mark 2 19448:01 The ENIAC 19468:19 Army Machines 1949-19628:44 Golden Age Of Algorithms9:12 The Rise of the Mainframe9:25 DECsystem-10 1966-198310:32 Operator11:03 Users11:14 Paradise Lost11:37 The Birth of Good & Evil12:38 The Personal Computer13:13 Out of Time
What Is Our Superpower? - HSA101.2 Teaser Video Dave Ackley 2020-12-06 | A teaser trailer from the Hyperspace Academy.
Artificial Life Lightning Talk, 17-Jul-2020 Dave Ackley 2020-07-17 | Five minute lightning talk associated with the two-page paper "Best-effort Computing with SPOTs and Spatial Threads", available open-access at mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/isal_a_003370:00 Intro0:11 The Glass Sandwich1:02 Indefinite Scalability1:34 Space-time Structuring2:00 Challenges → Opportunities2:44 Basic Demos3:30 Spatial Map-Reduce4:00 Multiscale Mobile Computing
Flatten The Curve - How to Control an Artificial Life Pandemic Dave Ackley 2020-03-11 | A simple agent-based model of viral infections inspired by current news about COVID-19. Healthy and sick agents interact in a two-dimensional world. How many will survive?Model code available at: github.com/DaveAckley/SPLATTheCurve
Introduction to the T2 Tile Project Dave Ackley 2019-10-09 | A seven minute overview distilled from the pilot episode of "T2sday Updates".Presenter: Dave AckleyEditor: Andrew WalpoleThe T2 Tile Project: t2tile.com [No longer .org as of Nov 2021]On YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC1M91QuLZfCzHjBMEKvIc-AFull T2sday Updates Pilot episode: youtube.com/watch?v=92Rwl9PEBg8T2sday Updates playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=92Rwl9PEBg8&list=PLokRq021S0TL-Jzu73cVkZu3valjM-89w
Building a survivable protocell for a corrosive digital environment Dave Ackley 2019-08-04 | Talk given at the 2019 Artificial Life Conference in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Wednesday, July 31, 2019.Associated paper at: mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1162/isal_a_00149
The Future of Computing: The T2 Tile Project Dave Ackley 2018-10-11 | Check out a new weekly video log about the T2 Tile Project: youtube.com/c/TheT2TileProjectThe T2 Tile Project works for bigger and safer computing using living systems principles. Look for a new 'T2sday Update' every Tuesday at noon Mountain Time.
Allen Ginsbergs The Howl, Part I: A Fast Read Dave Ackley 2018-09-30 | Trying out a text scroller in new viz software, reading Part I of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl". Advance warning that folks might be offended by the poem, on the one hand, or by how fast I try to read it, on the other hand.Text of the poem as presented at poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl
Finding Life in the Shadows - Open-Ended Evolution Workshop Dave Ackley 2018-08-08 | Talk given July 25, 2018 at the third Open-Ended Evolution Workshop .Video from youtu.be/BuM782B8vkQ Associated paper by Ackley & Ackley: http://www.alife.org/workshops/oee3/papers/ackley-oee3-final.pdfThis work in some ways builds on remarks given at the first OEE Workshop in York in 2015:youtube.com/watch?v=a5FlbkB0vvo
Mission Progress Report 2008-2018 Dave Ackley 2018-07-31 | A 'lightning talk' given Friday July 27, 2018 at the 2018 Artificial Life Conference in Tokyo, Japan.Includes audio from youtu.be/AnOU_4DFQ0I?t=1055 released under CC-BY by ALIFE2018 ( youtube.com/channel/UC5P3j8TbxGTUsWcs3cA_3MQ )
Public Lecture: Living Computation - Dave Ackley retirement talk Dave Ackley 2018-06-02 | Research overview talk given at the UNM Computer Science Colloquium, Wednesday May 2, 2018, with an introduction by Lance R. Williams. Apologies for the uneven audio!0:00 Introduction by Lance R. Williams 4:00 A Requiem for Hardware Determinism7:27 Mission In Life8:20 How I Met Determinism10:13 Class War In Computing15:12 The History Of Determinism18:20 Hardware Determinism Is An Addiction22:50 The Result Is Computer Insecurity26:40 Stop Eating The Glass Sandwich30:40 Escape From Determinism34:00 Strict Indefinite Scalability36:48 Spatial Computer Architectures43:25 Indefinitely Scalable Hardware44:25 Best-effort Software Engineering50:10 C211 Protocell Demos56:10 A Living Computation Demo1:00:05 Conclusion1:01:32 Questions
Artificial Life in Postdeterministic Computing - screengrab + audio Dave Ackley 2017-04-09 | Talk given Monday April 3, 2017 at Tufts University.
Indefinitely Scalable Computer Architecture Dave Ackley 2016-10-23 | Talk presented Friday, October 14, 2016 in the Computer Science and Engineering Lecture Series at Michigan State University. Second of two linked lectures (see also http://youtu.be/0qOrGPsikCM)Abstract: CPU and RAM computing is finally showing its age. Clock speed growth has stalled, multicore cache coherence scales poorly, and host-based computer security is a global living nightmare. Indefinite scalability is a first-principles design criterion aimed at encouraging a major evolutionary transition in computer architecture, in which hardware determinism is abandoned and scalability and robustness are prioritized ahead of efficiency and even correctness.
Bespoke Physics for Digital Biology Dave Ackley 2016-10-19 | Stump speech delivered Thursday, October 13, 2016 in the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Seminar at Michigan State University. With demos including the Box Metaphor, the 2D Printer, and a first-time guest villain appearance by Conway's Game of Life. First of two linked lectures (see also http://youtu.be/lJO1_cKnNKI).
Artificial life software engineering in ulam 2 Dave Ackley 2016-07-31 | Intoducing ulam 2, the second major version of the programming language for the movable feast.
The Carried Network Demarc (screengrab + partial video) Dave Ackley 2016-07-06 | Talk given in the ISAL Special Session on Artificial Life and Society at ALIFE XV, July 5, 2016.
Waiting for Bernie Sanders Dave Ackley 2016-05-22 | A Bernie Sanders rally is full of life. Timelapse montage from the 'A Future to Believe In Albuquerque Rally', held at the Albuquerque Convention Center, May 20, 2016.
SFI Talk: Four the hard way: Computer design and living software Dave Ackley 2016-04-02 | A lunchtime talk at the Santa Fe Institute, March 15, 2016, attacking computer architectures that are (1) Deterministic, (2) Centralized, (3) Bounded, and (4) Synchronous.Based on original video that is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) by the Santa Fe Institute, available via http://www.santafe.edu/research/videos/play/?id=6fd8dd86-f512-11e5-8b15-3acbc2d23b99
AAAI Talk: Indefinite Scalability for Living Computation Dave Ackley 2016-02-17 | Blue sky talk given Feb 15, 2016 at the 30th AAAI conference on Artificial Intelligence in Phoenix, AZ.
Huegene: An Alife Coevolutionary Model Dave Ackley 2015-10-13 | Plant vs Herbivore II: Bigger, longer, and in linear time.Final evolved image (full resolution) at livingcomputation.com/519743.pngSee http://robust.cs.unm.edu/doku.php?id=ulam:demos:coevolution for details and ULAM source code for this model.
Artificial Life: Coevolving plants vs herbivores (4K video test) Dave Ackley 2015-09-28 | A plant vs herbivore model loosely inspired by the 'huegene' evolving alife simulation in youtube.com/watch?v=YJRRu4dJnTI Made primarily to test a 4K video workflow. Note the simulation itself is not literally 4K -- there are only about 130K sites in this {4G2} grid. This version is RGB-based rather than the HSV used by the 'real' Huegene. Run ID: 20150927141233. Displayed in quadratic time, running at 120 AER to open the video and slowly accelerating to 240 AER at the end.
Living Computation: Robust-first programming in ULAM Dave Ackley 2015-09-08 | A video accepted for presentation at the Future Programming Workshop 2015.
Indefinite scalability for open-ended evolution Dave Ackley 2015-07-29 | Remarks at the "Workshop on Open Ended Evolution: Recent Progress and Future Milestones (OEE1)" at ECAL 2015, July 20, 2015. Remixed excerpt from: youtu.be/X4PzT4IdfzQ by ECAL 2015 (youtube.com/channel/UCt8NZ0JY_Lk3CKxQB2_7tHg/about)
Robust-first computing: Announcing ULAM at ECAL 2015 Dave Ackley 2015-07-24 | A screen-grab of the talk "Artificial life programming in the robust-first attractor" presented July 22, 2015 at the 13th European Conference on Artificial Life, York, UK. With poorly-aimed phone video.
Robust-first computing: Termite sorting, 250kAEPS Dave Ackley 2015-07-21 | An ULAM implementation of the 'termites piling woodchips' model that dates back at least to StarLogo in the '90s. This run has 200 termites (shown as small dots) in the event layer separating four different types (shown as squares) stored in the base layer. Source code (at http://nm8.us/x) is in the ULAM distribution.
Neutral Dynamics: A million events in ten dimensions Dave Ackley 2015-07-15 | The history of two particles random walking in (x, y, red, green, blue) for one million events per site, rendered in cubic time. A demo of the 'site paint' feature coming in MFMv3.
Robust-first Computing: Distributed City Generation Dave Ackley 2015-06-18 | A rough video demo of Trent R. Small's procedural city generation dynamics in the Movable Feast Machine simulator. See http://nm8.us/q for more information. Apologies for the poor audio!
Neutral Dynamics: Random walks in cubic time Dave Ackley 2014-12-04 | Eight 'atoms' diffusing in the Movable Feast Machine simulator. See https://robust.cs.unm.edu/doku.php?id=concepts:neutral_dynamics&#neutral_dynamics_in_the_movable_feast_machine for details. Brighter colors indicate more recent changes; time runs faster at the edges of space. Display rate accelerates repeatedly; after N seconds displayed, the total simulated time is proportional to N cubed.
Public Lecture: Artificial Life for Bigger & Safer Computing Dave Ackley 2014-10-18 | Talk presented October 8, 2014 as part of the John von Neumann Public Lecture series at the Center for Complexity and Collective Computation (C4) in Madison, Wisconsin. Video recorded by Alan Ruby of the Wisconsin Insitute for Discovery.
NMCS4ALL: Machine Learning (short version) Dave Ackley 2014-08-14 | An introduction to concepts of machine learning, with demos. The New Mexico CS for All project is teaching computational thinking and programming. This is an edited version of http://youtu.be/OQsn1c92pdY.Production supported by the National Science Foundation, award # CNS 1240992
NMCS4ALL: Machine Learning (full version) Dave Ackley 2014-08-14 | An introduction to concepts of machine learning, with demos. The New Mexico CS for All project is teaching computational thinking and programming. An 18 minute edited version is at http://youtu.be/Rxcrb6n1RzcProduction supported by the National Science Foundation, award # CNS 1240992
Artificial Life Engineering - ALIFE14 screen capture + audio Dave Ackley 2014-08-01 | Screen grab + audio of "Indefinitely Scalable Computing = Artificial Life Engineering", talk presented at the ALIFE14 conference, NYC, NY, 31-July-2014.
HSA101.1: The Computer Universe Dave Ackley 2014-02-03 | The universe for computer geeks, with examples from Star Trek and New Mexico. Part 1 of HSA101 Introduction to Classical Hyperspace. http://hyperspaceacademy.org
Hyperspace 101: Teaser video Dave Ackley 2013-10-31 | For geeks who seek the big picture, or just need a place to put it.
NMCS4ALL: Random number generators Dave Ackley 2013-06-24 | Twenty minute introduction to randomness and pseudorandom number generators, with demos. The New Mexico CS for All project is teaching computational thinking and programming.PLEASE NOTE: I WILL NOT HELP YOU 'PREDICT RANDOM NUMBERS' UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.Production supported by the National Science Foundation, award # CNS 1240992
NMCS4ALL: Artificial Life (short version) Dave Ackley 2013-05-04 | A 14 minute introduction to concepts of artificial life, with demos; cut down from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJRRu4dJnTIThe New Mexico CS for All project is teaching computational thinking and programming.Production supported by the National Science Foundation, award # CNS 1240992
NMCS4ALL: Artificial Life (full version) Dave Ackley 2013-05-04 | A half-hour introduction to concepts of artificial life, with demos. Cut-down version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws41PAG92xUThe New Mexico CS for All project is teaching computational thinking and programming.Production supported by the National Science Foundation, award # CNS 1240992
