Another cool feature of conway's game of life is that it doesn't expand in a disorganized manner, nor does it die out really fast. Rather, it has just the right balance between life and death to make it incredably interesting and chaotic. In fact it is just this chaos which gives it its name, as when John COnway came up with it, he said it was so unpredictable and complicated, only life could match it in those categories.
THis pattern is from something called John Conway's game of life for anyone whom is interested in knowing, (I would suggest doing some research into that, as it is a very interesting "game") What makes it so noteworthy is the fact that, while most unorganized initial pattterns tend to evolve chaotically, sometimes they organize themselves into moving patterns which endlessly traverse the field, (such as the little shapes, which are actually called gliders, that this video mentioned.)
@blue30587 So true. I love how they described gliders as tiny shapes that travel in rows, which is probably the worst description I have ever heard. And, if you don't know this already (you being anyone who reads this, not you personally), gemini is not a replicator so the video is a lie
@MadCatMk254 It's a pattern from something called john conway's game of life, which is a form of cellular automata. (yes I know that probably doesn't help much but at least that gives you a starting point of what it is, since the video completely failed to explain it) Truth be told, that pattern they displayed doesn't replicate, it just moves across space and repeats the same number of cells and the same arrangement of them.
A REPLICATOR?!? A REAL REPLICATOR?!? ARE U SERIOUS?! WOW!!!!!..................... wait, is that a good thing? have these guys seen stargate at all? no, nevermind... i dont think these ones can make themselves out of just anything. or kill people.
@BigMTBrain
"I believe that they're trying to show that this self-replicating feature happening unintended"
This pattern is not unintended. It was built by a programmer.
@sinahpr
This is not artificial intelligence. It is a closed loop system that is defined by human input. Research it before you draw erroneous conclusions.
@blue30587 OK I'll explain what i understood :
(this clip has been cut out of a longer one which is a paid video. which is probably why it's so unclear.)
This is a computer program. The program is a graphical demonstration of a shape, when two of the same program are linked together they communicate without human interference and self-replicate. Which practically means artificial intelligence.
After clicking the link in the description and reading it, I've come to the conclusion that this video doesn't explain well enough how significant this discovery is.
Shame on you narrator >=(
NewScientists is stupid. This isn't a self replicating pattern- it's a glider. HighLife has a self replicating simple pattern but it's impossible for it to evolve since the environment of all life games doesn't allow simple small incremental changes to improve. Stupid sensationalist news.
@zx1011 please dont try to act smart now. theres alot of other interesting stuff on their channel. you couldnt possibly deny that the "Surgical 'tube robot'" is easier to understand than this, just as an example
@Shard113 It's researching the mathematics that would allow that to happen.
That said, it's nor much of a breakthrough; there's not much here that wasn't done years ago.
This is really nothing new, except maybe that it uses a glider tape. It just destroys the pattern and recreates it elsewhere... that's a "spaceship", in Game of Life terms, and there are lots of them. Unless I'm missing something, in which case, someone please tell me.
So I've downloaded Golly just to see this for myself and I'm still utterly confused. What exactly is the meaning/purpose of this discovery? What can it be used for?
Sorry for acting spoiled, I'm used to NewScientist videos answering a question like that.
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