The origin of Artificial Life (ALIFE) can be traced back to the 1940s when John von Neumann and Stanislaw Ulam developed cellular automata, a computational model to study complex systems and self-replicating structures. ALIFE as a field formally emerged in the 1980s, with Christopher Langton organizing the first ALIFE conference in 1987. The field aims to understand life by recreating biological phenomena through simulations and artificial environments, exploring principles of life beyond traditional biological contexts.