Google Arts & Culture launches nom nom: a Neural Cellular Automata world simulated by Gemini
zzznah · x · 2026-10-01
Artist Xin Liu released "nom nom," an interactive artwork built with Google Arts & Culture Lab as part of a LAS Art Foundation online residency.
- Built on Neural Cellular Automata (inspired by DeepMind research): millions of particles self-organize, compete and dissolve into an evolving digital ecology through neighbor-to-neighbor interactions
- Gaia, a Gemini-powered weather system, acts as an observer — dynamically altering weather and commenting on the landscape via on-screen text
- Runs as a 30-day simulation that regenerates every 24 hours
- Team includes NCA researchers Alexander Mordvintsev and Blaise Agüera y Arcas
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