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@article{citeulike:4432025, abstract = {I consider an autonomous agent to be a physical system able to act on its own behalf, such as a bacterium swimming up a glucose gradient. I tentatively define an autonomous agent to be a system capable of self-reproduction and at least capable of performing one thermodynamic work cycle. I give a hypothetical chemical example. I then explore the increasingly odd implications of this definition.}, author = {Kauffman, Stuart}, citeulike-article-id = {4432025}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3559098}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3559098}, doi = {10.2307/3559098}, issn = {1364503X}, journal = {Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences}, keywords = {agency, complexity, kauffman, organization}, number = {1807}, pages = {1089--1099}, posted-at = {2009-04-29 08:12:12}, priority = {2}, publisher = {The Royal Society}, title = {Molecular Autonomous Agents}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3559098}, volume = {361}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4432025 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4432025 N2 - I consider an autonomous agent to be a physical system able to act on its own behalf, such as a bacterium swimming up a glucose gradient. I tentatively define an autonomous agent to be a system capable of self-reproduction and at least capable of performing one thermodynamic work cycle. I give a hypothetical chemical example. I then explore the increasingly odd implications of this definition. IS - 1807 JF - Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences SN - 1364503X EP - 1099 TI - Molecular Autonomous Agents PB - The Royal Society VL - 361 SP - 1089 KW - agency KW - complexity KW - kauffman KW - organization AU - Kauffman, Stuart PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3559098 ER -