Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of 'game of Life'
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Researchers have automated self-assembly in a reverse version of 'Game of Life', a development that could lead to new neural architectures, as appreciated by the HN community.
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sxzygz
4 months ago
This is the most interesting thing Quanta has written about in some time now. Thanks for sharing. I can see new neural architectures being developed from this work.
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