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CH1 · FORMATION
LANGTON
one ant on an infinite grid
CH1 · FORMATION
SIMPLE
two states, four directions, two rules
CH1 · FORMATION
SYMMETRIC
the first 500 steps are ordered
CH2 · CHAOS
CHAOS
the ant wanders without purpose
CH2 · CHAOS
PSEUDORANDOM
but it is entirely determined
CH2 · CHAOS
MESSY
10,000 steps of apparent noise
CH3 · HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY
the diagonal machine that builds itself
CH3 · HIGHWAY
EMERGENT
no one designed the highway
CH3 · HIGHWAY
PERIODIC
104 steps to extend by 2 cells
CH4 · INFINITE
INFINITE
the highway continues forever
CH4 · INFINITE
DETERMINISM
from a single cell — an infinite road
CH4 · INFINITE
THE MACHINE
still running