Hi everyone! Today I’m going to show you a simulation
of an evolution model. Although I draw inspiration from the evolution
of life in the real world, I will not try to model the real world as it is too complex. I create my own worlds where I set the rules. I'm interested in evolution in a more general
abstract sense. And in today’s video, you will see the origins
of life, acts of violence, flows of refugees, mass genocide, and ecological catastrophes. Let us begin with the most boring part–
How the world is built. It measures 1800 by 1400 and is divided into
8 sectors. Each sector has an area that is exposed to
sunlight. All sectors are numbered and there are no
borders. The world is enclosed both horizontally and
vertically. In those areas that have sunlight, it is possible
to produce energy by photosynthesis. During the simulation, the level of exposure
to sunlight follows a graph like this. Only leaf cells can photosynthesize. When a cell dies, some organic matter remains
in the soil. Such organic matter accumulates and when it
reaches a certain level, that location becomes toxic. Organic matter in the soil can be converted
into energy by root cells as well as by single sprouts. Roots are the only cells that can survive
in the zones poisoned by organic matter. After cells die, some energy accumulated by
the cells remains in the soil in the form of charges. Similar to organic matter, the accumulated
charge becomes deadly at a certain level. However, unlike organic matter, the charge
tends toward a certain level. It slowly dissipates when there’s too much
of it and accumulates when there’s little of it. The charge is accumulated by cells of the
antenna class. Antennas are the only class of cells that
can survive in this zone of energy poisoning. And the last way of gaining energy is by neighbors
eating each other. All types of cells can be eaten except roots
and branches. Any sprout can gain energy this way. A sprout is the most important class of cells. It is responsible for the prescription of
the genome and for the creation of new cells. There is always a slight probability of mutation
with every step and a random number in the genome will change. This is exactly what triggers the mechanism
of evolution. Cells with a more successful genome have a
higher probability of leaving many descendants and populating the world. A sprout can live indefinitely as long as
it has the energy to spend on every step. It can move around the field until it produces
branches. Each sprout can produce between one and three
branches, i.e, it can create new cells. The sprout itself then turns into wood which
is one more class of cells that transports energy from the energy-collecting cells to
the sprout. The lifespan of each cell is dependent on
the amount of energy spent on its creation. The last class of cells is the seed. This is a dormant outgrowth that consumes
almost no energy. The organism can occasionally shoot out seeds
to some distance. When a cell’s lifespan comes to a close,
it simply disappears leaving some organic matter and a charge in the soil. The seed has remained alone and becomes the
sprout and the process repeats. Using organic poisoning, I divided the world
into 8 sectors. I have placed in each sector 4555 sprouts
each with a randomly generated genome. The majority of these will die, but some may
give birth to new life. Let's get started. On the screen are fragments of sectors 7 and
8. Some of the genomes generated were successful
and we can see the first signs of life. This is the universal organism. It gets its energy from three sources. All sprouts with unsuccessful genomes ran
out of energy and died. This sprout is demonstrating the ability to
turn to avoid obstacles. It gets its energy both from the sun as well
as from organic matter. Although, at the moment, not enough organic
matter has accumulated in the soil. Leaves have the ability to produce the largest
amount of energy, but for that, they need free space. And when they are near other leaves, net energy
production becomes zero. Here we have an organism with ideal conditions. Its leaves practically do not touch. It accumulates too much energy without having
time to develop. The cells die and leave energy in the ground
creating an energy-poisoned zone. And here it even led to the creation of energy
icicles. However, the energy quickly vanishes and these
formations disappear. Only unicellular organisms can move about
on the ground. As for multi-celled organisms, they produce
new cells on one side while others die on the other. This creates an illusion of movement. From the beginning I made a note of the locality
each organism originates from. We will refer to these as clans. And here we see the political map of the world
at this moment. You can pick which clan will be dominant by
the end of the simulation. Leave your choices in the comments. Now that you’ve made your choices, I should
make known some information I withheld. This is a map of the build-up of organic matter
in the soil. And in some places, it’s already reached
its limit. We expect the epoch of the emergence of organically-poisoned
zones. And we have a live report from the sixth sector. Let us switch to the organic mapping mode. The darker the background the more organic
matter has built up in the area. The red areas are those where the build-up
has surpassed the limits and the area cannot support life. With such levels of organic matter in the
soil, the death of one cell can make the area around it poisonous and this can cause the
death of neighboring cells which also adds more organic matter to the soil leading to
a cascading expansion of the poisonous zone. There’s thus a need to avoid reaching such
levels of concentration of organic matter in the soil. However, it is our nature as humans to ignore
dangers if their approach is too stretched in time. As it goes, “today is no different from
yesterday and tomorrow won’t be worse” And in the end, it’ll be too late. Severe waste problems have started in the
central sectors. The eighth sector is actively using the roots
thereby cleansing the area of excess organic matter. The first sector appears to be trailing behind
and has yet to experience waste problems. Let's take a closer look at what's taking
place there. One leaf provides energy to one seed. Seeds are being thrown about. But at the same time, if a seed crashes, it
dies and also destroys whatever it crashes into. But the most interesting thing is that before
a sprout produces branches, it eats up the organic matter under it. A simple or perhaps clever method of obtaining
additional energy and ridding the area of excess organic matter. In the meantime, the organisms have begun
testing the strength of the walls separating the sectors. The daredevil crashes headfirst into the wall
and pocks a hole into it. Well not necessarily headfirst. The death of cells triggers an even spread
of organic matter and charge in three-by-three squares. Thus a large number of deaths near the wall
will lead to diffusion through it. Meanwhile, the second sector has almost drowned
in its own waste. And an interesting species has appeared in
sector three which gets its energy exclusively from organic matter. We can see how as the roots suck out the organic
matter from the soil the background gets brighter. And after the cells die, diffusion takes place-
a uniform distribution of organic matter in 3 by 3 squares. However, we should keep in mind that roots
are the only class of cells that can exist in an organically poisoned area and for that
reason, nothing happens to them. Meanwhile, some enclosed cavities have formed
inside the infected areas of sector 6. Let us observe how they fight against the
poison inside one of these cavities. Here, one of the stages of an organism's development
is the single cell which can also absorb organic matter from the soil, and it does so quite
effectively. However, there is one issue- these cells are
also effective at eating each other. It's good that they live in an enclosed cavity. Meantime, life has disappeared from sector
2. The rest of the sectors have started successfully
cleansing their territories of waste. Sunlight is gradually reducing and the population
has also decreased. We are approaching a new epoch: The epoch
of the destruction of borders; encounters between different groups, mass killings, and
flows of refugees. The 7th clan has penetrated into the 3rd sector. The first contact was rather subtle but it’s
already too late to stop the expansion. The 7th clan is beginning to occupy the 3rd
sector, but it does so in a non-aggressive manner. It appears that no one group is eating another,
but those from sector 7 are more successful at occupying free spaces leaving those from
sector 3 no room for growth. They get energy from different sources. Sunlight is currently low and the 3rd clan
which uses the sun’s energy is growing rather slowly. This plays right into the hands of the 7th
clan. The 7th clan has occupied sector 3 and has
started dismantling the walls of sector 2. It is also trying to penetrate into sector
6. At the same time, an interesting species has
appeared in sector 6. Before a sprout produces a branch with a root,
it shifts the organic matter from under itself. This makes it possible to get maximum energy
even on organically impoverished soil. The lawn at my house in the metaverse will
have this plant. And we have breaking news: witnesses are reporting
cases of cannibalism in sector 1. Right now, this is being done modestly, but
who knows where it is headed. Meanwhile, the 7th clan has treacherously
broken into sector 6 territory and is trying to squeeze into the places of residence of
the indigenous population. It has also penetrated into sector 2 which
is to be cleaned and populated. Breaking news: Mass cannibalism has ensued
in sector 1 and streams of refugees have fled to the walls trying to break through them. They are being helped by compassionate residents
from the opposite side. In the lower part of sector 5, the refugees
have started having lunch with the locals, which begs the question: are these really
refugees? Thanks to mutation, sector 1 produced a formidable
unicellular predator whose descendants have cleaned out the whole sector and lunged into
the 5th. However, there may have been one or several
species that turned out to be resistant to this predator. And at the time the first clan was trying
to occupy the 5th sector, the fifth clan resorted to occupying the deserted sector 1 which turned
out to be a success. In the end, both sectors 1 and 5 were dominated
by the 5th clan but with a fair presence of the 1st clan. Meanwhile, the 5th clan cannot restrain its
ambitions and is now trying to capture the 8th sector. The unicellular predators from the 1st clan
have also rushed after them. Other than that, the 5th clan has gone through
sector 1 and penetrated into sector 4 territory. From the right-hand side, we can see visiting
representatives of the 5th clan. The local aborigines have a good feature. Before the single cell of a future organism
has branches, it cleanses up to 4 cells of organic matter at the site of future growth
but this won’t be of any help. We can see that the single-celled predators
of the 1st clan are also here already. Let's now digress a little into history. The 7th clan now controls 3 sectors. Clans 1 and 5 have invaded one another and
have rushed together to explore sectors 4 and 8. But take a look at what is happening in the
6th sector. Streams of unicellular predators are tormenting
the 6th Clan. Note that unicellular predators require a
short phase of Multicellularity for reproduction. The 6th clan which at some point courageously
stood against the invasion of the 7th clan fell under the invasion of the unicellular
predators. However, it wasn’t wiped out entirely and
revived in the form of an interesting species. Perhaps this species was already in existence
but lacked enough space for movement. Meanwhile, the unicellular predators have
started eating the residents of sectors 3 and 7. Sector 7 gave up rather quickly but some of
its species survived. The same phenomenon can also be observed in
sector 3. Sector 4 was invaded by the 5th and 1st clans. The indigenous population of the 4th clan
has been wiped out completely. Following that, the 1st clan ate all the representatives
of the 5th clan after which the predators almost self-destructed by eating each other. The world is trying to recover and rebuild. life won't be the same anymore. I noticed something interesting. An agent from the 1st clan is moving about
in the field, but it appears like a snake collecting charge rather than a cell. It died without leaving any descendants, but
the precedent is interesting. Everything’s spiraling out of control. I'm switching to clan display mode. Remember, a clan is not a species, but direct
descendants and original organisms that were territorially divided into 8 clans. A clan can have multiple species. Even the unicellular predators from the first
clan differ very much in their genomes. They have a similar appearance, but their
behavior can be completely different and they can be assigned to different species. The organisms have adapted to the constant
presence of predators. All those that couldn’t adapt died. How they do this, I do not know, it requires
a time-consuming analysis. What would happen if we created two worlds
and contact between them was possible? I conducted a similar experiment on a small
scale by dividing one world into two parts and removing the barrier between them when
both parts have developed. The world where unicellular predators originated
quickly destroyed the other world that did not have unicellular predators. So unicellular predators are a kind of immune
system for the world that destroys all the aliens that do not have time to adapt to them. Alright, it's time to turn it off and go home. In theory, even unicellular predators want
their descendants to have some kind of future. That, of course, requires that we run the
simulation on a server in a vast world for a long time. However, we currently have a number of projects
and there is a shortage of good specialists. That’s it for today. See you later!
