Exploring Emergence
I was using StumbleUpon just to kill some time and I... er... stumbled upon this site. It is from a couple of guys, Mitchel Resnick and Brian Silverman, in a group called the "Lifelong Kindergarten Group" at the MIT Media Lab.
Using Java apps of Conway's famous "Game of Life" and variants on it, they describe and show, in very simple terms, how emergence... er... emerges from very simple rules. The individual blocks don't understand the big picture... nor do they care. They just follow their own local rules. However, we perceive behaviors and interactions that aren't really there.
Old concept, but well-done examples.
Labels: Brian Silverman, cellular automata, emergence, Game of Life, John Conway, Lifelong Kindergarten Group, MIT Media Lab, Mitchel Resnick
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