# Open Ended Evolution  https://thegradient.pub/an-introduction-to-artificial-life-for-people-who-like-ai/ Open Ended Evolution (OEE) is a concept in Artificial Life research that refers to systems capable of generating increasing complexity over time, without a predefined endpoint. Kenneth O. Stanley, a prominent researcher in the field, describes OEE as the process where systems evolve to become more complex, akin to the way life on Earth has developed. The goal is to create artificial systems that start from simple beginnings and evolve into highly complex entities, potentially leading to the emergence of intelligent systems.  > OEE is this idea that some systems get exponentially more complex with time, and that complexity never ceases to increase. Life on Earth is said to be such an open ended system. Creating OEE in a computer or in a chemical system would mean that you start from something simple, maybe a soup of molecules, or an empty simulation, and get immense complexity out of it, like living animals or maybe conscious beings.