AI creates artificial animals that over time develop functioning vision without instruction

The most surprising aspect was that the computer’s eyes developed in the same way as those of real organisms.

Researchers in Sweden have created artificial animals that evolved vision from scratch — starting with simple light sensitivity and eventually learning to discern objects, without any instructions.

“It’s the first time AI has been used to follow how a complete vision system can arise without telling the computer how it should come to be,” said Professor Dan-Eric Nilsson of Lund University.

In a synthetic world built of code, virtual animals were given tasks like navigating and finding food. Generation by generation, those that adapted best passed on their traits. Over time, light-sensitive structures evolved into functioning eyes.

Surprisingly, the digital eyes developed along the same paths seen in nature — as if evolution followed its usual blueprint, even inside a computer.

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