Climb Mount Improbable: Evolvable Critters in JavaScript

Re:Climb Mount Improbable: Evolvable Critters in JavaScript by taliesinb on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:05PM (#23327301)

Beautifully done!

Blind Watchmaker had a big impact on me as a kid. After I had read it, I programmed my own take on the biomorphs program and sent a copy of my program to Richard Dawkins. His research assistant Yan Wong replied with a very complimentary email. I wish I still had the email.

I've been playing with evolutionary algorithms ever since, such as https://taliesin.ai/projects/science/floatworld/

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Re:Climb Mount Improbable: Evolvable Critters in JavaScript by simonebrunozzi on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @07:04PM (#23410055)

> I wish I still had the email.

Ask him. Maybe there's a small chance he will have it, but it's worth trying. This will be a nice memory for you for the rest of your life. Trust me. Worth a shot.

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Re:Climb Mount Improbable: Evolvable Critters in JavaScript by amflare on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @04:45PM (#23329731)

I've been looking to get into evolutionary algorithms and micro-worlds similar to floatworld. Do you have any advice on good resources to start with?

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Re:Climb Mount Improbable: Evolvable Critters in JavaScript by taliesinb on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:24AM (#23335184)

At the bottom of the page I linked are some resources. But you can take a look at the most recent alife conferences like... ALife and GECCO to see what people are up to these days.

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