Genesis Applet - Client Version

- Life form element. A life form may consist of one or more of these.
- Food.

This applet requires that you have the Java Plugin installed for your web browser. If you do not you will automatically be given instructions on how download it for free.

Currently the program only runs reliably and quickly on Internet Explorer. If you are running Netscape the version is experimental only.

The data files are about 200k in size. The download and upload may take a few minutes if you have a slow connection. Please be patient and thank you for your contribution to this project.

This applet is an experimental project, investigating artificial life as well as the theory of Evolution by natural selection.

Discover Magazine, June 1998, pp.73-79: about using evolving hardware to produce AI:

"Evolving a conscious computer would take a very long time...
Then, says Thompson, there's "the problem of us dying during the experiment"."

"I'm really exploring what evolution can do that human designers cannot."

Jason Noble, while working on the by-laws of the International Society of Artificial Life:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all artificial life forms are created equal, with rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of CPU cycles."

Philip K. Dick, The Android and the Human:

"Someday a human being may shoot a robot which has come out of a General Electrics factory, and to his surprise see it weep and bleed. And the dying robot may shoot back and, to its surprise, see a wisp of grey smoke arise from the electric pump that it supposed was the human being's beating heart. It would be a great moment of truth for both of them."