人工生命

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	工	生	命
じん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

人工 (jinkō, “artificial”) +‎ 生命 (seimei, “life”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じんこーせーめー [jìńkóó séꜜèmèè] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋko̞ː se̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

人(じん)工(こう)生(せい)命(めい) • (jinkō seimei) 

1. artificial life
   • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(たい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in [Ｑ.](キュー)[Ｅ.](イー)[Ｄ.](ディー) [証](しょう)[明](めい)[終](しゅう)[了](りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 190:

     ロキ　人(じん)工(こう)生(せい)命(めい)は意(い)志(し)を持(も)って動(うご)いてるわけじゃない　そう見(み)えるだけだよ　あれは　ただ規(き)則(そく)に従(したが)うプログラムだ

     Roki jinkō seimei wa ishi o motte ugoiteru wake ja nai Sō mieru dake da yo are wa tada kisoku ni shitagau puroguramu da

     Loki, artificial life doesn’t have will or a sense of purpose. Much as it looks as though it did, it’s merely following rules as it’s programmed to.