Name: Finding life we can't imagine
Uploaded: 2011-10-04T14:31:14Z
Duration: 18 min 34 s
Description: How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating computer programs -- to find a signature, a "biomarker," that is free of our preconceptions of what life is.

How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating computer programs -- to find a signature, a "biomarker," that is free of our preconceptions of what life is.

Christoph Adami: Finding life we can't imagine

Finding life we can't imagine

Life's essence transcends Earthly biology, revealed through artificial life experiments that mimic evolutionary dynamics.

Exploring artificial worlds, we discover life isn't confined to organic matter but emerges wherever information replicates.

Exploring artificial life in computers unveils a new biomarker, potentially revolutionizing the search for extraterrestrial existence.