Cell80 / Lab notebook
Can something evolve that makes the next invention possible?
Three routes. Three controls. One limit.
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Tiny, verifiable programs: tools for agents and building blocks for evolving worlds. Replay the history. Change one thing. See what follows.
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A lineage / a possible change - Cell80 / Lab notebook
Give invention something to unlock.
Food the existing programs could not use. A combination that could.
A lineage / a possible change - Cell80 / Lab notebook
An advantage needs a chance to become history.
It can help. It can be inherited. It can still disappear.
A lineage / a possible change - Cell80 / Lab notebook
Can you name the mutation that changed a world?
A small world. One altered birth. Two histories to replay.
A lineage / a possible change - Cell80 / Lab notebook
What keeps an evolving world alive?
Food. Grazers. Predators. What keeps the whole thing going?
A lineage / a possible change - Cell80 / Lab notebook
When does improvement become invention?
A useful change. A new behaviour. Does one advance help the next?
A lineage / a possible change
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31 notes, with sources, experiments and the record of how they changed.
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