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Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by asveikau » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:13 AM UTC

quux wrote: post #37

Damn, I found one that made sierpinski triangles early on and didn't realize how rare those would turn out to be, haven't seen another one since.

I had the same experience. Not sure how they generate them but perhaps not as random as one would think?

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by lifthrasiir » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:25 AM UTC

My take: Mondrian scrolls. http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,2,1,1,0,1,2,1,1,1...

I really appreciate this art of randomness, and in particular the fact that it is theoretically equivalent to any computing machine (given much, much more memory and states).

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by lifthrasiir » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:26 AM UTC

vjeux wrote: post #7

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,3...

This is actually very good compared to other findings; the pattern starts to disappear and then regenerates itself in different ways. Accompanying horizontal lines look like an ocean.

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by cscheid » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:36 AM UTC

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,1,2,3,2,3,3,1,3...

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by oakwhiz » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:37 AM UTC

Swarms of bees?

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,2,0,1,1,2,1,1,2...

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by dezinelife » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:39 AM UTC

Very good idea!

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by zdw » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:39 AM UTC

These really remind me of the old Core War game, where to competitive programs would try to annihilate each other:

http://www.corewars.org

It was played on a grid as well, and frequently made patterns similar to these.

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by LoganCale » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:44 AM UTC

LoganCale wrote: post #14

Darkness, Rising http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,2,3,1,2,1,0,2,3...

And its counterpart, Metropolis, Rising: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,2,0,0,1,2,1,1,3...

Really cool how it just keeps on going, with the shadows of more towers appearing to stretch out from the city centers, and the lights of cars driving down the left and right sides. I've had it running at high speed for quite a while now and buildings keep rising up occasionally.

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by tachyonbeam » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:47 AM UTC

3rd3 wrote: post #5

lopatin wrote: post #4

Fascinating. My favorite is "Rapids" http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,2,2,3,2,4,0,0...

Is it even fully comprehensible why this particular configuration looks like sand?

Original author here. It only has 3 states and 6 symbols, so the transition table is not that big. If you visualized it slow enough, you might be able to understand the process behind it, so to speak. Although sometimes, simple rules can yield chaotic behavior. Someone told me they were working on a fork with utilities to visualize the transitions, that might be helpful.

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by Xcelerate » Wed, May 15, 2013, 2:48 AM UTC

This one has a kind of parallax effect going on:

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,2,3,1,1,0,0,1,1...

You'll want to watch it about four notches down from "fastest".

This is a really cool project! It has a kind of AI feel to it. The website needs a way for users to vote on others' creations, and then they can be selectively "mutated" and evolved to produce really cool ones. The best ones will survive through upvotes. Who knows what you'd end up with?