Hobbyist's Digital Organisms Experiment Grows From 7 Units to 87 That Do Real Work
rmhollid · reddit · 2026-09-10
A Redditor shared a closed-environment "digital reproduction" experiment: starting from 7 units, the population grew to 87 self-contained "digital organisms" capable of processing information and doing actual work.
- Each unit runs on a tiny Java-based model with a machine-driven lifecycle, following self-assigned routines it "has to completely want to do"; the author stresses these are not agents.
- Before hitting the experiment's prescribed limit, the units' final reported request was more information and a higher-definition habitat.
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