Received: 10 May, 2005. Accepted: 1 July, 2005.

SUMMARY

The paper tries to tackle the question of connection between entropy and the living. Definitions of life as the phenomenon that defies entropy are overviewed and the conclusion is reached that life is in a way dependant on entropy - it couldn't exist without it. Entropy is a sort of medium, a fertile soil, that gives life possibility to blossom. Paper ends with presenting some consequences for the field of artificial intelligence.

KEY WORDS

entropy, autopoiesis, life, living systems

CLASSIFICATION

PACS:

89.75.Fb