Selecting Continuous Life-Like Cellular Automata for Halting Unpredictability: Evolving for Abiogenesis. (arXiv:2204.07541v1 [cs.NE])

Substantial efforts have been applied to engineer CA with desired emergent
properties, such as supporting gliders. Recent work in continuous CA has
generated a wide variety of compelling bioreminescent patterns, and the
expansion of CA research into continuous numbers, multiple channels, and higher
dimensions complicates their study. In this work we devise a strategy for
evolving CA and CA patterns in two steps, based on the simple idea that CA are
likely to be complex and computationally capable if they …

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