Genes encode some of the rules by which the the neurons self-organize, or "grow". Further growth from an initial cell is partially controlled by environmental

Genes encode some of the rules by which the the neurons self-organize, or "grow". Further growth from an initial cell is partially controlled by environmental factors. This is not a novel or unique application, literally all living things grow by using the rules encoded in DNA and environmental factors. Consider the demo scene, where 64 kilobytes of code generates a fascinating video with deep complexity. You could not encode a 64k demo as a series bitmapped frames in 64k, or probably in 64 megabytes. But that doesn't mean that you can generate one by stuffing together a bunch of RGB pixels and hoping they self-organize.