Lenia: Where Math Meets Artificial Life in Continuous Cellular Automata
Lenia reimagines cellular automata like Conway's Game of Life by introducing continuous states, space, and time, enabling the emergence of intricate, self-sustaining 'lifeforms' with unprecedented geometric complexity and resilience. Developed by Bert Wang-Chak Chan, this mathematical universe has garnered significant recognition for its ability to model lifelike behaviors far beyond discrete predecessors. Its framework of convolution kernels and growth mappings offers a fertile ground for exploring emergent complexity and the boundaries of artificial life.