Botworld: A cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents
1–8 of 8 posts
Re: Botworld: A cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents
#2[deleted]
Re: Botworld: A cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents
#3So I cloned and installed it... And I'm running the example. However, I'm really not sure what I'm looking at here. http://i.imgur.com/xMkV1Qg.png
Can anyone explain?
Re: Botworld: A cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents
#4So I cloned and installed it... And I'm running the example. However, I'm really not sure what I'm looking at here. http://i.imgur.com/xMkV1Qg.png Can anyone explain?
well. I sure can't, but I'll say that the author goes into great depth in the source file, which is a literate program. It's latex, rendered here: http://intelligence.org/files/Botworld.pdf
but the author doesn't pull punches, no layman's terms are used, and as a lame man, I have trouble following.
Re: Botworld: A cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents
#5Re: Botworld: A cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents
#6It's a good step in the right direction. I can't wait to see the robot parts broken down further.
Re: Botworld: A cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents
#7So I cloned and installed it... And I'm running the example. However, I'm really not sure what I'm looking at here. http://i.imgur.com/xMkV1Qg.png Can anyone explain?
Author here. The display library has recently been updated -- try updating and running again, it should make a bit more sense.
Also, refer to this post: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/k5u/exploring_botworld/ for both an explanation of what we find Botworld useful for and some documentation for how to write Botworld programs and interpret displayed Botworld grids.
Re: Botworld: A cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents
#8So I cloned and installed it... And I'm running the example. However, I'm really not sure what I'm looking at here. http://i.imgur.com/xMkV1Qg.png Can anyone explain?
Author here. The display library has recently been updated -- try updating and running again, it should make a bit more sense. Also, refer to this post: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/k5u/exploring_botworld/ for both an explanation of what we find Botworld useful for and some documentation for how to write Botworld programs and interpret displayed Botworld grids.
Including a screenshot in the readme would be nice btw.