Organism Machine Hybrids

Jon McCormack; Natalie Alima

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59475-6_14

Organism Machine Hybrids

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Biomimetic and designed interventions on natural developmental and growth processes are important new techniques for artists, architects and designers. This chapter presents new methods for hybridised design relationships between organism,
human designers and programmable machines. We call this new approach a "biohybrid", representing a trivariate of three different intelligences: human, biological and artificial. We present a survey of current methods and classify approaches into five categories: nano-scale interventions, bio-scaffolds, fabricated host materials,
tropisms and robotic augmentation. We then present a series of design experiments
that use computational form-nding to create complex bio-scaolds. The scaolds
form porous substrates that support and choreograph the development of Mycelium
cultures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence and the Arts
Subtitle of host publication	Computational Creativity, Artistic Behavior, and Tools for Creatives
Editors	Penousal Machado, Juan Romero, Gary Greenfield
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	14
Pages	363-381
Number of pages	19
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030594756
ISBN (Print)	9783030594749
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59475-6_14
Publication status	Published - 14 Oct 2021

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Generative Materialism: advancing design of the digital and physical
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Artificial Intelligence and the Arts: Computational Creativity, Artistic Behavior, and Tools for Creatives. ed. / Penousal Machado; Juan Romero; Gary Greenfield. 1st. ed. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2021. p. 363-381.

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