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Re:Co-evolution of self-replication and function in a digita... by chychiu on Sunday July 19, 2026 @09:01AM (#48967855)
Super cool work! What's next? Do you think with longer memory limits more interesting programs might emerge? Or is it substrate dependent?
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Re:Co-evolution of self-replication and function in a digita... by eyvindn on Monday July 20, 2026 @10:52AM (#48979687)
there are many bottlenecks in the substrate - memory limits being one of them. other things like the A-B concatenation inherited from the bff paper also severely limit the possible dynamics. understanding and avoiding these bottlenecks are some of our next steps!
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