Steve Grand

Steve Grand, OBE ( born February 12, 1958), formerly a managing director and " Director of Technology " Cyber ​​Life Research Ltd. , Is an English pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence. He is best known as the inventor of the computer game Creatures, that was recorded as a remarkable simulation of artificial life also in academic circles and the lead programmer Grand was by the professionals as well. His most recent project was to construct a robot which resemble the boy an orangutan and should learn like a human toddler. He has documented this project in "Growing up with Lucy ," the second of his to date ( mid-2010 ), two books. Grands books have not yet been published in German ( end August 2010).

He lives since 2009 in Flagstaff, AZ, USA. With his former wife Ann, he has a son named Christopher.

Awards and scholarships

  • On 7 March 2000 drew Queen Elizabeth II from Steve Grand for his work on Creatures program, by appointing him to the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ( OBE).
  • 2001, his book Creation was: Life and How to Make It nominated for The Aventis Prizes for Science Books, a year by the Royal Society, the UK's National Academy of Sciences, awarded award for best understandable scientific book and the best scientific children's book of the previous year.
  • In November 2002, Steve Grand Prize winners / Fellow of NESTA, an institution that was founded by a British parliamentary decree in 1998 to enhance the creative and innovative capacity of Great Britain. NESTA honored him with the words "Steve has been called Britain's most intelligent man, and just as one of the 18 scientists, one of which is most likely to expect that they will revolutionize our lives in the 21st century. ( " STEVE has been called Britain's most intelligent one, as well as one of the 18 scientists most likely to revolutionize our lives falling on the 21st century. " ) the scholarship should Steve Grand " give you the freedom to focus on vision, hearing, the muscles and the brain his robot Lucy to improve. "
  • Creation: Life and how to make it. Phoenix, London 2001, ISBN 0-75381-277-0.
  • Growing up with Lucy: How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps. Phoenix, London 2004, ISBN 0-75381-805-1.

Journal publications

  • Steve Grand. "Moving AI Out of Its Infancy: Changing Our Preconceptions ", IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 19, no 6, pp. 74-77, November / December 2004.

Interviews

  • " The Origin of Cyber ​​Life" on "The emergence of artificial life ," said Sue Wilcox with Steve Grand in September 1998 at Magdelene College, Cambridge
  • At " generation5 " on Creatures as an example of artificial life
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