Slime mould : it can design rail networks and doesn't taste very nice.
Slime mold is a single-celled bit of goo that you’d find under a log in the woods. It’s also a master decision-maker, capable of weighing risk and reward in ways that make scientists question what intelligence really is. We grew slime mold of our own, and watched it tackle some amazingly complicated problems that could even help create better algorithms for self-driving cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40f7_93NIgA
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