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by ziggus 1667 days ago
Based on the title I thought this was going to be about simulated organisms, but no, it's real organisms designed by an AI.

This is simultaneously really cool and supremely creepy.

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And my brain initially read it as "orgasms".

TAKE MY MONEY... oh.

Ok.

Well, there is the AutoBlow AI...
Based on a misread of the title, I read as "computer designed orgasms designed by deep learning" Also creepy - but perhaps inevitable.
They sometimes put "organism" in quotes, which I think is important. A far as I can tell, these aren't bona fide organisms, but appropriated tissue that has been treated in some way to incidentally behave in useful ways, sort of like if I sliced out your bicep and modified it somehow to flap about and therefore "walk" across the room.
The flapping biceps cometh