By
Shao Yanrui

Nature.exe is where the Web Crawler and slime mold finally unite, combining hierarchical digital logic with decentralized biological intelligence to reimagine the internet typology.

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Abstract

Nature.exe explores nature’s intelligence as a framework for rethinking technological systems. Using the conventional Web Crawler, a hierarchical, human-designed tool for indexing the internet as a starting point, the project integrates the decentralized logic of slime mold (Physarum polycephalum), renowned for its distributed, adaptive problem-solving without centralized control. This biologically inspired model remaps the crawler’s mechanism and reconfigures internet typology. In doing so, Nature.exe challenges the view of technology as exclusively human-made and power-driven. Through a posthuman lens, it proposes a new definition of technology, one rooted in collaboration with non-human forms of intelligence.

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Website: https://lindashao1220.github.io/WebsiteCapstone/phone/

GitHub: https://github.com/lindashao1220/WebsiteCapstone

Keywords: Multimedia Installation, Web Art

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Video Credit: Fralin Life Sciences Institute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT-LI6VsABE