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Re:ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program by nynx on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:07AM (#27473519)
What a coincidence, I just reread that section of permutation city yesterday.

I wonder if there is an efficient cellular automata that vaguely approximates the behavior of real chemistry, just like the autoverse.

It's a shame the garden eden configuration plot point is kind of bunk.

Re:ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program by alisonkisk on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:35PM (#27476245)
Stephen Wolfram says yes.