Sea Slug Asimov (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Sea Slug Asimov

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The simulated sea slug, ASIMOV, monitors its own internal state and makes decisions about what to consume. Its options are: a tasty and nutritious food (blue), a nutritious food that comes with a painful sting (green), and an intoxicating drug that has no nutritious value (yellow).

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Photo by Tracy Clark. Graphic by Diana Yates

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Photo by Tracy Clark. Graphic by Diana Yates

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