OK, this kinda stuff scares me a bit. Who gets to play "God?" Will there be fail-safes installed in case one of these "beings" decides to get malicious, & oh, say, start ripping code out of the nation's power grid? You know, every day kinda worries :-/

"The NEW TIES artificial beings behave independently within the overall computer simulation but differ from Sims characters by having the ability to learn and evolve, according to the consortium. Until now the computer processing power was not readily available to add this extra level of capability."