Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This short documentary is dedicated to the game that advanced Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life like no other game did: "Creatures".

Join me on this journey to discover how a game from 1996 succeeded where even modern game are struggling. Welcome to "The AI of Creatures".

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:01 - The Game
00:04:45 - The Brain
00:13:05 - The Learning
00:17:53 - The End
00:20:37 - Closing

References:
► Grand, S., Cliff, D. "Creatures: Entertainment Software Agents with Artificial Life". Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 1, 39–57 (1998). doi.org/10.1023/A:1010042522104

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