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Cellular automata-- a dead end.
by aj7 10y ago
Cellular automata-- a dead end.
- CuriouslyC 10y agoCellular automata are just a subclass of graph evolution algorithms constrained to a regular grid comprised of homogeneous nodes. Neural networks are also graph evolution algorithms, and logical programs can be modeled this way as well. Cellular automata are just a toy branch of a tree that is thriving like crazy.
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- jandrese 10y agoCellular automata is also the most natural fit for a huge bank of single bit processors connected in a hypercube topology. There's very little software you need to write to turn that particular hardware into a cellular automata simulator. It is a good first program for that machine.
- aj7 10y agoExactly. A toy. I had Fredkin for introductory computer science. He was probably my favorite professor, however I was a physics major and didn't go further in coding. He would rant about the game of life. I was sad about this, even as an 18-year-old.