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Artificial Life (AL).
Includes: pure software simulations of life (e.g. Cellular Automata), Macro-scale mechanical self-replicating devices (clanking replicators) right down to nano-scale self-replicators (grey goo), and space-faring devices for exponential colonization of the universe (Astro-chickens).
A cellular automata is a discrete mathematical model whereby a **grid** of cells is envisaged, where the next **state** of each cell is determined by a **set of rules** which use the current state of the cell and its **neighbors** as input. Each of the bolded words above can be …
The so-called 'Game of Life' (or simply 'Life' as it is known by aficionados) is not the popular board game from the 1980's, but rather a simple set of rules that gives rise to a lot of curious and fascinating behaviour. ↑ Not this one, this one! ↓ The Game of Life is 'played' …
I’ve heard people say that you must now update your "last will and testament" to state that the output you’ve left behind cannot be used to train a bot that impersonates you. But for me, that’s kind of a life goal! I’m fascinated with the idea that I can make a Leon-bot 🤖, and…
Projects I've built on this topic - some-life — WIP - platform for testing evolutionary theories - Robots versus Electric Sheep — C# simulation of life - Lecture TimeTabling Using Genetic Algorithms — My undergraduate thesis from 1997 External references - Spore Prototypes — - …
Published on 30 Jun 2016 Accompanying video for: F. Corucci, N. Cheney, H. Lipson, C. Laschi and J. Bongard, "Evolving swimming soft-bodied creatures" The Fifteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE XV) - Late Breaking Abstract Pub…
Common terms used within Conway's Game of Life. - **Ash** : The debris left behind by a random **pattern** . Commonly composed of still life and simple oscillators. - **Breeder** : any **pattern** that exhibits unbounded quadratic growth. The first and most famous example is Gosp…
A 'gun' (in the world of Cellular Automata) is a stationary pattern that emits moving patterns (i.e. spaceships). Note that a gun is a pattern which grows without limit. The first gun to be discovered was the Gosper Glider Gun. It is also the simplest known gun in Conway's Game…
Articles I haven't been able to get my hands on: - "BUILDING URBAN MODELS WITH MULTI- CELLULAR AUTOMATA" - "Self-replicating and self-repairing multicellular automata" - "Rule-Based Simulation of Multi-Cellular Biological Systems" External Links - https://github.com/Polkm/cell-t…
Oscillators are patterns in Game of Life that cycle through a repeating set of states. The number of states in the cycle is called the "periodicity", e.g. "Period 2" means two states that alternate. Period 2 Blinker (period 2) 00000 00000 01110 00000 00000 Toad (Period 2) 00…
Some patterns in Conway's Game of Life appear to travel across the board, by performing oscillations that recreate the same shape, displaced in some direction. The three listed below all have a periodicity of 4. Glider The most famous, the first discovered, and by far the most…
A "still life" (in Conway's Game of Life) is any pattern that does not change from one generation to the next. Here are depictions of some of the most common types of still life. (The 'Play' button below will not achieve anything in these cases.) Block (or buoy) 0000 0110 011…
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