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My understanding is that self-replication (whether singular as in the above article from ten years ago or multiple) in alife is a solved problem, but that it (b
by svnt 4y ago
My understanding is that self-replication (whether singular as in the above article from ten years ago or multiple) in alife is a solved problem, but that it (being based in deterministic processes with pseudo-random seeding) does not lead to the continuation of the formation of diverse forms of life.
The unique piece here is I believe the increased access to indeterminate state or stochasticity. I can’t speak specifically to whether those patterns exist in the game of life.
- andrewla 4y agoAlife is a huge field, and systems as old as Tierra demonstrate self-replication. The concept by itself is not revolutionary, but I am not aware of any examples specifically in Conway's game of life. The question for me is more whether simpler Turing-complete rule systems can accomplish this on space-scales and time-scales that can give us insights into the nature of emergent behavior in evolved systems.