PySR figures out the rules for Conway's Game of Life
MilesCranmer · x · 2026-08-18
A fun demonstration of using PySR (symbolic regression) to reverse-engineer and discover the underlying rules of Conway's Game of Life. This showcases the ability of AI tools to identify complex system logic from data.
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