Wow. This is eye-opening stuff. Are there any other discussions happening about Alife besides wikipedia?
For example, Neural Networks are right out of the Alife playbook. There is also a surprising and huge crossover when it comes to quantum computing subjects. Pretty much any time you see a focus on emergent properties, you've bumped into Alife.
You may also want to look at autonomous drones, self-driving cars, and whatnot, as these also use Alife techniques for training the models. [EDIT: And I should point out that flocking and traffic algorithms are Alife models.]
You'll find way more info on the area(s) that interest you once you discover what the different domain areas are, and search them out specifically, since Alife has become such a broad subject, and the term itself falling out of use.