About two weeks ago. In one presentation, I know it. at presentation 4 umineko 2005-12-28 05:05:28 2005-12-28 05:05:28 this is so cool. It reminds me of of Thomas Ray's independently evolving code in Tierra, a internet bio-diversity reserve. abstracted evolution scapino 2008-02-26 03:08:49 2008-02-26 03:08:49 5 This was just strange and fascinating. Essentially all about creatures someone designed on a computer, walking and swimming. He then went on to have sort of a competion of these "creatures" fighting over a box. Very simple, but with the narration, strangely fascinating. Woot! Spuzz 2008-06-08 23:51:36 2008-06-08 23:51:36 4 I think the earlier reviews have failed to understand how cool this film is :-) The creatures in this film weren't "designed" by a human. They were entirely evolved by a piece of software that simulates a physical universe within a computer. To begin with, the world is populated with rondomly generated creatures. Over time they compete and the "fittest" at various tasks come to dominate their less able siblings, giving rise to the critters that you see swiming, walking, slithering, rolling, jumping and grabbing in front of you. In the final part of the movie where creatures are seen competing, they are literally fighting for survival and continued membership of the gene pool. As far as I know, this work still represents the cutting edge in the field, which is incredible and sad given that it is nearly 15 years old. Stunning benjohn 2008-10-06 16:31:18 2008-10-06 16:31:18 5 The programmer in me probably enjoys this one a little more than other folks. Now, I don't work in AI, but this vid is encouraging me to do so. Geeks approve titlescreen 2009-02-25 19:34:11 2009-02-25 19:34:11 5 5 4.60