Wagner James Au sez, "A programming student created this ultracool video demonstrating his ant colony simulation in Second Life; he's programmed his ants to have different behavior states, so they can coordinate their food gathering. 'The behavior is arguably emergent,' he says, 'because the ants only interact locally and follow local state-based rules, yet they end up working together to harvest food.'"
Will they ever make the transition to a meat-based substrate (assuming they'd want to)? Stay tuned!
(All of this is very reminiscent of a certain Rudy Rucker novel . . .)
No comments:
Post a Comment