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"The very idea of a gene pool has no meaning if there is no sex. 'Gene Pool' is a persuasive metaphor because the genes of a sexual population are being continually mixed and diffused, as if in a liquid. Bring in the time dimension, and the pool becomes a river, flowing through geological time..." -Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, page 432 |
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Darwin's Chorus
This is our latest project. It has audio! The swimbots now have mating calls. Enjoy the ambient soundscape. Darwin's Chorus was featured at Currents New Media 2026. It runs in a browser, but it requires a fairly fast computer. Not intended for mobile. 
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A Video about Darwin's Chorus at
Current New Media Festival, 2026!
Exploring Ambient Soundscapes using an Artificial Life Simulation. This video features me and Canton Becker explaining our collaborative project. 
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Gene Pool Evolves
VIDEO: The Story of an Artificial Life Ecosystem - Luka Negoita, Ph.D, and Jeffrey Ventrella 
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NFT Pool
Created by Canton Becker, Jeffrey Ventrella, and Luka Negoita. 500 swimbot NFT's that were minted on fxhash.xyz evolve in a common gene pool, where their "selfish genes" compete for dominance! 
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 WHAT IS GENE POOL?
WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY?
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The Gene Pool Swimbots Code is Open Source
(MIT license with Commons Clause)
* Download the Source Code *
DOWNLOAD OLDER VERSIONS
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Collaborators throughout the history of swimbot evolution include (in alphabetical order):
Canton Becker Brian Dodd Luka Negoita Ken Pearce Julia Smith Karl Stiefvater Barry Stump |
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© 2025, Jeffrey Ventrella |