Virtual predator is self-aware, behaves like living counterpart

Virtual predator is self-aware, behaves like living counterpart 03/06/2018 11:52 AM EST Scientists report in the journal eNeuro that they've built an artificially intelligent ocean predator that behaves a lot like the original flesh-and-blood organism on which it was modeled. The virtual creature, "Cyberslug," reacts to food and responds to members of its own kind much like the actual animal, the sea slug Pleurobranchaea californica, does. Full story at https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/617842 Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111