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ALIEN is a CUDA-powered artificial life simulation program.
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Observed mentions: 2021-06-11 17:01:19 UTC to 2026-05-03 23:15:42 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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10 sourcesCHchychiu·May 3, 2026
Pretty cool! Simulating artificial cells and observing their complex emergent dynamics has been an interest of mine
On a similar vein, have you seen this before?
https://github.com/chrxh/alien
In Simulating Cells Fighting to the DeathPrety neat! Looks like AMD might be possibility as some folks are trying to run it: https://github.com/chrxh/alien/issues/99
In Alien – CUDA-powered artificial life simulation programAlien – CUDA-powered artificial life simulation program
295 points · Open discussionAnother fun one, not sure about accuracy, but the visuals are stunning.
https://youtu.be/dSkxvi9igqQ
https://github.com/chrxh/alien/
In Show HN: Demo of Agent Based Model on GPU with CUDA and OpenGL (Windows/Linux)Just discovered this artificial life simulation tool and it looks so beautiful.
It's also Open Source: https://github.com/chrxh/alien
In Alien v4.0 (Simulation)Alien – Explore worlds of artificial life
2 points · Open discussionAlien – Artificial life simulation tool
1 points · Open discussionALiEn – Artificial Life Simulation
6 points · Open discussionNope. Appears to be broken for Nvidia 10 series. I'm on Intel with a 1070ti + another user reports issues on the 1080ti (see similar post in this thread; reported to author here: https://github.com/chrxh/alien/issues/21).
In ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation programSubmitted an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/chrxh/alien/issues/21.
In ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program