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Evolved Virtual Creatures (1994)
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A restored 1994 video of Karl Sims' research on evolved virtual creatures, where simulated block creatures are bred through artificial evolution to swim, walk, follow and compete. It is a landmark demonstration of genetic algorithms in physics simulation.
HN brings it up as a classic example of evolutionary algorithms, including how the creatures exploited physics-simulation bugs, which parallels metric gaming in AI.
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