Werld: Open-Source Artificial Life Simulation with Evolving Neural Network Agents
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Summary
Werld is an open-source artificial life simulation project on GitHub where agents with NEAT neural networks evolve in a computational ecosystem. These agents start with basic genomes and behavioral traits, then develop through perception, action, reproduction, and death without any pre-programmed knowledge of human society. The simulation allows for emergent behaviors like communication, memory, and motor patterns to develop naturally through evolution, similar to a computational version of The Truman Show.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledIn Werld, agents are given a computational ecosystem of their own - they start with NEAT neural networks as brains, genome traits, behavioural inclinations and the ability to evolve in any direction.
They have no idea that the human world exists, what a society is, even what to do as a being.
Think of it as a computational version of the truman show: agents can perceive, act, reproduce, and die.
Their genomes evolve. Brains get more complex (or simpler, if that works better).
Communication, memory, and motor patterns are all discoverable — we left everything.
agentic life simulation from inception. Contribute to nocodemf/werld development by creating an account on GitHub.
