Nature has found one method of organizing living matter, but maybe other options exist -- not yet discovered -- on how to create life. To study the life "as it could be" is the objective of an interdisciplinary field called Artificial Life (commonly abbreviated as ALife). The word "artificial" refers to the fact that humans are involved in the creation process. The artificial life forms might be completely unlike natural forms of life, with different chemical compositions, and even computer programs exhibiting life-like behaviours.
翻译:自然已经找到了一种组织生命物质的方法, 但也许在如何创造生命方面还存在其他选择( 尚未发现) 。 研究生命“ 可能存在” 是人工生命( 通常缩写为“ ALife ” ) 的跨学科领域的目标。 “ 人工生命”一词是指人类参与创造过程的事实。 人造生命形式可能与自然生命形式完全不同, 化学成分不同, 甚至计算机程序显示类似生命的行为。