Developed by AI experts, computer scientists, sociologists and linguists; a virtual world populated with software entities that interact socially is about to be switched on...

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20060418233544data_trunc_sys.shtml

Hmm, I wonder if when these 'organisms' develop language they'll be intelligent enough to pass the Turing test...

My hypothesis: wars will break out between colonies that speak different languages.

Here is a pic of the graphical interface:

http://www.membrana.ru/images/forms/4265.jpeg

Blacknad.

where can I get updated on what's going on?

This is the project Home Pasge:

http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp

and here:

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~gusz/newties/newties.html

Blacknad.

thank you

Absolutely not.

Blacknad.

Seems like a cruel project to me.