Dev uses Claude to build a compiler that runs code inside Conway's Game of Life
maxleiter · x · 2026-11-10
Developer maxleiter had Claude Fable 5.2 write a compiler that takes regular code and runs it inside Conway's Game of Life, with a playable link shared online. A striking demo of frontier models handling extremely low-level, Turing-complete simulation tasks.
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