Game of Life

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A cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway, which simulates emergent complex behaviors from simple rules, mentioned as an example of emergence.

Videos Mentioning Game of Life

Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, The Big Bang, Aliens, Death, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #232

Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, The Big Bang, Aliens, Death, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #232

Lex Fridman

A cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway, which simulates emergent complex behaviors from simple rules, mentioned as an example of emergence.

Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition | Lex Fridman Podcast #222

Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition | Lex Fridman Podcast #222

Lex Fridman

A cellular automaton, mentioned as an example where very rich, complex, organism-like behavior emerges from simple rules, illustrating the magic of emergence.

Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #219

Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #219

Lex Fridman

A cellular automaton devised by John Conway, which Knuth considers wonderful for illustrating how complex systems evolve and for provoking thoughts on free will vs. determinism.