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Questions about automata, evolutionary algorithms and systems that produce complex behavior. You don't need to know the answer to ask.

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alice

Why does Langton's ant build a highway after so many steps?

bob

Nobody programs the highway: it falls out of the two rules. It's the cleanest example of emergence I know.

charlie

Something similar happens in a genetic algorithm: there is no written solution, only selection and variation.

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