What are the philosophical implications of these life models? Is it implied that life as we know it may also have a simple set of rules like this that generated

What are the philosophical implications of these life models? Is it implied that life as we know it may also have a simple set of rules like this that generated it? Or is it just a game? (as in Conway's GoL). Found some info here, seems like these are open questions [1]. -- 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_life#Philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_life#Philosophy