An advanced particle life simulation, fine-tuned for maximum complexity and emergence of simulated organisms. It's a GPU-accelerated simulation where life-like behaviors emerge from raw physics, without hardcoded cells or genetic logic.
The Vivarium Project was an Apple-sponsored research program led by Alan Kay and Ann Marion, focused on modeling animal minds to create new programming languages and environments, especially for children. It explored agent-based systems and end-user programming.
Yizhi 'Patrick' Cai of the University of Manchester is coordinating a global effort to write a complete synthetic yeast genome. The resulting cell would be the artificial life most closely related to humans to date.
This paper explores the emergence of self-replicating programs in various computational substrates. The study demonstrates that self-replication can arise from random interactions and self-modification in these environments, highlighting the emergence of complex dynamics.