Scientists building “software beings”

Opinion
May 19, 20061 min

Politicians could one day determine the results of elections before they take place, thanks to a European research project that will study social interactions between millions of virtual human beings.

Five European universities are collaborating on the New Ties project, where they plan to create millions of “software beings” (human beings that live in computers) with the goal of studying how they interact and evolve. Read more.