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Lenia - Biology of Artificial Life — mentioned by lioeters

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:27:55 GMT

Planiverse was one of my favorite books in my teenage years, and by chance last week I started reading it again. What a coincidence to see the author's name on HN front page today. May he rest in peace, his mind influenced many of us. I love the concept of the story, that something life-like can emerge from computer software, and the illustrations in the book are wonderful. I also like that the author included a kind of mystical or metaphysical point - similar to Flatland - about our own existence and reaching for what's beyond it. > is there something like it out there? Somewhat in the same…

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Lenia - Biology of Artificial Life — mentioned by _Microft

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 13:43:46 GMT

The author provides a lot of ressources, check the repository for more links: Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.05433 Repo: https://github.com/Chakazul/Lenia A web-based version to play around with: https://chakazul.github.io/Lenia/JavaScript/Lenia.html

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Lenia - Biology of Artificial Life — HN submission

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 21:44:51 GMT

Lenia – Biology of Artificial Life

89 points; 36 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.