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I've transplanted my growth simulation into a hand-drawn map. There is some rainfall too, collecting at the bottom. I wonder if I can...

I've transplanted my growth simulation into a hand-drawn map. There is some rainfall too, collecting at the bottom. I wonder if I can now evolve them to collect water.

My growth rules are getting somewhat fun to play around with. (The webapp seems to work only on desktop, for...

My growth rules are getting somewhat fun to play around with. (The webapp seems to work only on desktop, for now.)

https://log2.ch/progenitor/build17/

#creativeCoding

Yes, I have played with WebGL rendering (via pixijs) all day. No, my terminal isn't usually that transparent.#glitch

Yes, I have played with WebGL rendering (via pixijs) all day. No, my terminal isn't usually that transparent.

#glitch

Playing around with randomized growth rules. A few of them look nice, at least. There is hope for this project now. #creativecoding

Playing around with randomized growth rules. A few of them look nice, at least. There is hope for this project now. #creativecoding

I like the organic-looking clumps they build now. Feels like one step away from creating a hive...

I like the organic-looking clumps they build now. Feels like one step away from creating a hive...

New run of my "builders" #alife task. The bots run a small NN optimized to move "food" into clumps.This variant gives...

New run of my "builders" #alife task. The bots run a small NN optimized to move "food" into clumps.

This variant gives higher reward when food is also next to a wall. NN weights were optimized with sep-CMA-ES.

https://log2.ch/progenitor/build16/

I just re-discovered this unfinished web app I made in 2018 to play with L-systems. Still fun enough, so let's at least push it to a...

I just re-discovered this unfinished web app I made in 2018 to play with L-systems. Still fun enough, so let's at least push it to a server: https://log2.ch/misc/l-system-demo/

Tough choice. Both books are basically saying that I shouldn't read them right now.

Tough choice. Both books are basically saying that I shouldn't read them right now.

Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#/media/File:Daphnis_makes_waves_-_4x_vertical_stretch.jpg

Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#/media/File:Daphnis_makes_waves_-_4x_vertical_stretch.jpg

When playing the game ΔV: #RingsOfSaturn I occasionally look up stuff on Wikipedia. Like, what is this "Keeler Gap"...Here is a...

When playing the game ΔV: #RingsOfSaturn I occasionally look up stuff on Wikipedia. Like, what is this "Keeler Gap"...

Here is a (stretched) photo of it, with Daphnis inside. Turns out rings are interesting and beautiful.

#astronomy #gaming

Just found "Ladder of Abstraction", a 2011 essay advocating for more interactive computation. (The kind distill.pub has...

Just found "Ladder of Abstraction", a 2011 essay advocating for more interactive computation. (The kind distill.pub has done.)

Quote: "It's unacceptable that our tools for understanding game worlds outperform those for understanding the real world. Until civilized scientific tools become available, [...]"

http://worrydream.com/#!2/LadderOfAbstraction

Quick run of two similar quality-diversity algorithms.CMA-MAE is a clear improvement over CMA-ME on my task. (Both implemented according to...

Quick run of two similar quality-diversity algorithms.

CMA-MAE is a clear improvement over CMA-ME on my task. (Both implemented according to the #pyribs tutorial.)

Also, they produce those beautiful plots.

The hope was that they would somehow learn to communicate via environment where the stash is, but instead they just push treasure forth and...

The hope was that they would somehow learn to communicate via environment where the stash is, but instead they just push treasure forth and back until they hit it.

Still kinda fun to watch how they learned this forward-backward strategy, and how they turn.

They can see their six neighbours, plus one hex further straight ahead, and have a (very limited) memory.

The score is the number of treasure-neighbours, squared, for each treasure hex, at step 3000.

Web-Player: https://log2.ch/progenitor/build14c/

New variant of my kind-of #alife task. The bots can push/pull treasure and walls. They are controlled by a neural network, trained with...

New variant of my kind-of #alife task. The bots can push/pull treasure and walls. They are controlled by a neural network, trained with sep-CMA-ES to push treasure together.

New optimization run in progress!Will the new run, with more hidden neurons, more stupid bugs, be able to over-take the old one?Find out...

New optimization run in progress!

Will the new run, with more hidden neurons, more stupid bugs, be able to over-take the old one?

Find out tomorrow, I guess. Or wait, let's just check once more... #tensorboard addiction.

Interesting tree-evolution #alife project. (13min video, found via Reddit /r/alife)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za6gEp6uUd4

Interesting tree-evolution #alife project. (13min video, found via Reddit /r/alife)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za6gEp6uUd4

A #clickbait news site I used to binge-refresh had this window title: "You are what you read."Whenever I noticed, I thought...

A #clickbait news site I used to binge-refresh had this window title: "You are what you read."

Whenever I noticed, I thought "Damn, you're right!" and closed the window.

I'm thankful to whoever put that title there. It looks like it didn't survive A/B testing...

Had some fun creating a #generative rule in #sandspiel studio. It's a graphical programming environment for simple "falling...

Had some fun creating a #generative rule in #sandspiel studio. It's a graphical programming environment for simple "falling sand" rules.

https://studio.sandspiel.club/post/12114

Moloch! They broke their backs lifting Moloch to Heaven! Moloch whose mind is pure machinery!Every #labourday I listen to Allen...

Moloch! They broke their backs lifting Moloch to Heaven! Moloch whose mind is pure machinery!

Every #labourday I listen to Allen Ginsberg's poem: (3min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nonab6djMAA

@timhutton @rheophore Online Demo: https://log2.ch/progenitor/build12/Squirm-Rule: https://github.com/timhutton/squirm

@timhutton @rheophore Online Demo: https://log2.ch/progenitor/build12/

Squirm-Rule: https://github.com/timhutton/squirm