Langton's Ant - Numberphile
Langton's Ant - starring Katie Steckles (and Audrey). More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Extra footage: https://youtu.be/oTssNuDEkSc The 104-steps: https://youtu.be/xU072T4V12A...
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We're talking about Langton's ant, which is a really interesting kind of conceptual idea that someone's had. It's an example of what's called a "cellular automaton" Hello. Hello tiny dog. Oh, it's a different person [Brady] Sorry about that interruption. Langton's Ant is an example of what's called a "cellular automaton". So it's a bit like "Game of Life". Um... So you've got a grid of squares, the squares change colour depending on what's going on in the thing. In the Game of Life, it's slightly different because the whole thing has a set of rules, and everything changes at the same time. But in Langton's Ant there is a specific, there's an ant that lives on the g...
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We're talking about Langton's ant, which is a really interesting kind of conceptual idea that someone's had. It's an example of what's called a "cellular automaton" Hello. Hello tiny dog. Oh, it's a different person [Brady] Sorry about that interruption. Langton's Ant is an example of what's called a "cellular automaton". So it's a bit like "Game of Life". Um... So you've got a grid of squares, the squares change colour depending on what's going on in the thing. In the Game of Life, it's slightly different because the whole thing has a set of rules, and everything changes at the same time. But in Langton's Ant there is a specific, there's an ant that lives on the g...
