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ASAL++: Guiding Evolution of Artificial Life Using Vision-Language Models

This post contains the gifs from the ASAL++ runs, with their corresponding prompts.

Temporal vs NonTemporal Comparison


Primordial Soup

Non-Temporal

Iteration 1

primordial soup

Iteration 2

Symbiotic crystalline networks

Iteration 3

Bioluminescent fractal fungal networks

Iteration 4

Bioluminescent symbiotic mycelial clusters

Iteration 5

Symbiotic bioluminescent fungal networks subterranean architecture

Iteration 6

Subterranean bioluminescent mineral processing colonies

Iteration 7

Subterranean fungal networks mineralbased symbiosis

Iteration 8

Mineralbased bioluminescent mycelial networks

Temporal

Iteration 1

primordial soup

Iteration 2

cellular automata emergent patterns

Iteration 3

NEXT TARGET PROMPT cellular automata nutrient gradients

Iteration 4

cellular automata selfassembly

Iteration 5

cellular automata metabolic networks

Iteration 6

cellular automata spatial memory

Iteration 7

cellular automata epigenetic inheritance

Iteration 8

cellular automata collective intelligence


The Garden of Eden

Non-Temporal

Iteration 1

the garden of eden

Iteration 2

simulate fungal networks bioluminescent communication subterranean ecosystems

Iteration 3

simulate fungal networks bioluminescent communication subterranean mineral processing

Iteration 4

simulate fungal networks symbiotic mineralbased exoskeletons distributed intelligence

Iteration 5

simulate mineralized fungal colonies distributed processing emergent swarm intelligence

Iteration 6

simulate mineralized fungal colonies emergent swarm intelligence bioluminescent communication crystalline structures

Iteration 7

mineralized fungal networks directed crystal growth distributed computation

Iteration 8

distributed computation bioluminescent mineral accretion

Temporal

Iteration 1

the garden of eden

Iteration 2

symbiotic networks

Iteration 3

cellular automata emergent patterns

Iteration 4

distributed cognition emergent language

Iteration 5

resonant feedback loops

Iteration 6

fractal selforganization

Iteration 7

neurogenesis emergent consciousness

Iteration 8

bioacoustic resonance

Non Temporal


A Fungus

Iteration 1

a fungus

Iteration 2

Symbiotic bioluminescent coral

Iteration 3

Symbiotic bioluminescent fungi networks

Iteration 4

Symbiotic bioluminescent fungal colonies incorporating mineral processing

Iteration 5

Mineralbased crystalline fungal networks

Iteration 6

Mineralbased bioluminescent crystalline geodes

Iteration 7

Mineralized symbiotic bioluminescent fungal networks

Iteration 8

Mineralized mobile bioluminescent colonies


A Monkey

Iteration 1

a monkey

Iteration 2

Floating bioluminescent jellyfish

Iteration 3

Bioluminescent symbiotic spore clusters

Iteration 4

Symbiotic fungal networks bioluminescent communication

Iteration 5

Symbiotic bioluminescent mineral formations

Iteration 6

Biomineral fungal networks

Iteration 7

Biomineralized selfassembling crystalline fungal colonies

Iteration 8

Biomineralized mobile crystalline networks


An Egg Hatching

Iteration 1

an egg hatching

Iteration 2

Symbiotic spore bloom

Iteration 3

Symbiotic fungal networks

Iteration 4

Bioluminescent mineralbased mycelial networks

Iteration 5

Mineralbased bioluminescent symbiotic fungal colonies

Iteration 6

Mineralbased crystalline bioluminescent subterranean mycelial networks

Iteration 7

Mineralized crystalline spore dispersal

Iteration 8

Crystalline symbiotic mineral growth


An Extraterrestrial Life

Iteration 1

an extraterrestrial life

Iteration 2

Extraterrestrial crystalline lifeforms bioluminescent siliconbased networked intelligence

Iteration 3

Bioresonant crystalline swarms distributed intelligence fractal growth

Iteration 4

Symbiotic crystalline resonance emergent bioluminescence

Iteration 5

Biocrystalline harmonic resonance

Iteration 6

Symbiotic crystalline networks

Iteration 7

Bioluminescent fractal mycelia

Iteration 8

Symbiotic bioluminescent crystalline mycelia

Temporal


A Pepperoni Pizza

Iteration 1

a pepperoni pizza

Iteration 2

pulsating bioluminescence

Iteration 3

fragmented bioluminescence

Iteration 4

selfassembling fractal patterns

Iteration 5

cellular automata emergent color

Iteration 6

emergent fluid dynamics

Iteration 7

selforganized resonant structures

Iteration 8

selfaware feedback loops