'This is a living organism that is artificially made, "artificial life" applies to it just as much as the other subject.' Maybe. But if you end up with a livi

'This is a living organism that is artificially made, "artificial life" applies to it just as much as the other subject.' Maybe. But if you end up with a living organism, then that it's not artificial life; it's life (albeit artificially manufactured) . Whereas the software stuff is never anything but artificial. Long run I'd expect anything that's alive to be called life, regardless of the process that lead to it.