Conway's Game of Life
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A cellular automaton mentioned as an example of a system with simple fundamental rules that can exhibit complex behavior, analogous to the universe if it were a simulation.
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Videos Mentioning Conway's Game of Life

George Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Podcast #31
Lex Fridman
A cellular automaton mentioned as an example of a system with simple fundamental rules that can exhibit complex behavior, analogous to the universe if it were a simulation.

MIT 6.S094: Deep Learning for Human-Centered Semi-Autonomous Vehicles
Lex Fridman
An example of a cellular automaton used to illustrate how complex patterns can emerge from simple, local rules, analogous to how knowledge emerges in deep neural networks.