A simple set of rules leads to a fascinating array of emergent phenomena, which themselves can be utilized to do all sorts of interesting things.
In fact, the game of life is Turing complete -- you can build whole processors[0] or programming languages in it. You can even implement the game of life in the game of life. Someone did that and implemented infinite zooming between GOL levels.[1]
In fact, the game of life is Turing complete -- you can build whole processors[0] or programming languages in it. You can even implement the game of life in the game of life. Someone did that and implemented infinite zooming between GOL levels.[1]
[0] https://github.com/nicolasloizeau/scalable-gol-computer
[1] https://oimo.io/works/life/