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Simulated Autopoiesis in Liquid Automata

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases 2024-01-17 v1 Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

We present a novel form of Liquid Automata, using this to simulate autopoiesis, whereby living machines self-organise in the physical realm. This simulation is based on an earlier Cellular Automaton described by Francisco Varela. The basis of Liquid Automata is a particle simulation with additional rules about how particles are transformed on collision with other particles. Unlike cellular automata, there is no fixed grid or time-step, only particles moving about and colliding with each other in a continuous space/time.

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@article{arxiv.2401.07969,
  title  = {Simulated Autopoiesis in Liquid Automata},
  author = {Steve Battle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.07969},
  year   = {2024}
}

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12 pages

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