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The beauty of cellular automata
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Cellular automata are elegant, simple rules that can create complex systems on a grid. While they may not exist in reality, they are now part of computer memory.
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This episode explores whether cellular automata exist as a physical phenomena or if they are just an elegant representation of a simple machine.
2:45:21 - 2:46:55 (01:34)
Cellular Automata
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This episode explores whether cellular automata exist as a physical phenomena or if they are just an elegant representation of a simple machine.
ChapterThe beauty of cellular automata
Episode#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The emergence of complexity from simplicity is a magical phenomenon, even in a trivial framework like cellular automata, and can create arbitrarily complex and beautiful systems with certain initial conditions and simple rules.
2:46:55 - 2:49:30 (02:34)
Complexity
Summary
The emergence of complexity from simplicity is a magical phenomenon, even in a trivial framework like cellular automata, and can create arbitrarily complex and beautiful systems with certain initial conditions and simple rules.