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@article{hutton:2009, abstract = {Abstract We describe some results submitted by users of the Organic Builder, a Java applet where the rules of an artificial chemistry can be chosen in order to achieve a desired behavior. Though it was initially intended as a set of challenges to be tackled as a game, the users experimented with the system far beyond this and discovered several novel forms of self-replicators. When searching for a system with certain properties such as self-replication, making the system accessible to the public through a Web site is an unusual but effective way of making scientific discoveries, credit for which must go to the users themselves for their tireless experimentation and innovation.}, author = {Hutton, Tim J J.}, citeulike-article-id = {3471980}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1480445.1480448}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/artl.2009.15.1.15102}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18855569}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18855569}, day = {14}, doi = {10.1162/artl.2009.15.1.15102}, issn = {1064-5462}, journal = {Artificial life}, keywords = {bioart, computation}, month = {October}, posted-at = {2009-05-07 11:10:51}, priority = {2}, title = {The Organic Builder: A Public Experiment in Artificial Chemistries and Self-Replication.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/artl.2009.15.1.15102}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - hutton:2009 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3471980 N2 - Abstract We describe some results submitted by users of the Organic Builder, a Java applet where the rules of an artificial chemistry can be chosen in order to achieve a desired behavior. Though it was initially intended as a set of challenges to be tackled as a game, the users experimented with the system far beyond this and discovered several novel forms of self-replicators. When searching for a system with certain properties such as self-replication, making the system accessible to the public through a Web site is an unusual but effective way of making scientific discoveries, credit for which must go to the users themselves for their tireless experimentation and innovation. JF - Artificial life SN - 1064-5462 TI - The Organic Builder: A Public Experiment in Artificial Chemistries and Self-Replication. KW - bioart KW - computation AU - Hutton, Tim J PY - 2008/10/14/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/artl.2009.15.1.15102 ER -