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This story is from the category Artificial Intelligence
Date posted: 20/06/2010 If you found a self-replicating organism living inside your computer, your first instinct might be to reach for the antivirus software. If, however, you are Andrew Wade, an avid player in the two-dimensional, mathematical universe known as the Game of Life, such a discovery is nothing short of an epiphany. When Wade posted his self-replicating mathematical organism on a Life community website on 18 May, it sparked a wave of excitement. "This is truly ground-breaking work," wrote a fellow Life enthusiast, Adam Goucher, on the website Game of Life News. "In fact, this is arguably the single most impressive and important pattern ever devised." A first for the game, the replicator demonstrates how astounding complexity can arise from simple beginnings and processes - an echo of life's origins, perhaps. It might help us understand how life on Earth began, or even inspire strategies to build tiny computers. See the full Story via external site: www.newscientist.com Most recent stories in this category (Artificial Intelligence): 11/06/2013: When Will My Computer Understand Me? |
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