Uhm... can you pleez esplain (for us dummies)? I don't get the progression or how the rules are used and what they result in?
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > If anyone wants to play around with it, I've created a python project > that can create all elementary cellular automaton easily. > > https://github.com/rhyolight/automatatron > > It's truly amazing to me that only about 80 lines of python code can > create the whole library of ECAs. It's a testament to the idea that a > very simple ruleset can create extraordinarily complex behavior. > > You can currently use a handler function to get iteration output rows, > but I'm going to have to add the ability to stream a subset of columns > from a running automata so specific columns can be pushed into NuPIC > instead of the entire output (as soon as I find time). > > --------- > Matt Taylor > OS Community Flag-Bearer > Numenta > > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 2:18 AM, Fergal Byrne > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Matthew, > > > > This would be a great demo (Wolfram's CA stuff appeals to most of us > nerds). > > I predict that if you feed a fixed set of bits into NuPIC, the TM will > learn > > the rule you've picked and will be able to predict the next pattern for > all > > but the edge bits (which will be partly random as far as it can tell). > I'd > > also predict that a single-order TM (one cell per column) will be also > able > > to do this learning. > > > > These two predictions come directly from the CLA theory (Subutai can > verify > > this), so it could be a good integration test for new implementations > > (assuming NuPIC matches my predictions, of course!). > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Fergal Byrne > > > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Jeff Fohl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I used to be a bit of a cellular automata nerd. I would be interested in > >> seeing what you discover. You could also possibly just feed in the > values > >> for the center column of rule 30 - though that has been shown to be > highly > >> random, so I am not sure what the utility of it would be? > >> > >> - Jeff > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I've always been fascinated by elementary cellular automata [1]. Some > >>> rules produce interesting pseudo-random patterns with repeating > >>> features. I think it would be interesting to see if NuPIC can decipher > >>> these features from the randomly generated output of the automaton and > >>> predict the continuation of partially-developed features. I also > >>> wonder what the anomaly scores would say after NuPIC has seen several > >>> thousand rows of data. > >>> > >>> I've put together a *very* simple program [2] to generate the output > >>> of Rule 30 [3], but I did it in JavaScript out of habit. I really need > >>> it implemented in Python to get decent integration with NuPIC. > >>> > >>> To feed cellular automaton data into NuPIC, I assume I'll need to > >>> choose some number of adjacent columns within the automatons' output > >>> (maybe 10 fields?). Each field would be simply binary, and I've got > >>> some code in place now that can extract the columns and print them to > >>> the console [4]. > >>> > >>> Is anyone else interested in this crackpot idea? I have no idea what > >>> any applications might be, I'm just fiddling around. Let me know if > >>> you're interested and we can discuss. > >>> > >>> [1] http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ElementaryCellularAutomaton.html > >>> [2] https://github.com/rhyolight/cellular-automata-engine > >>> [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_30 > >>> [4] http://youtu.be/TT2-aXrmJ6k > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> --------- > >>> Matt Taylor > >>> OS Community Flag-Bearer > >>> Numenta > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT > > > > http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology > > http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ - https://github.com/fergalbyrne > > > > Founder of Clortex: HTM in Clojure - > > https://github.com/nupic-community/clortex > > > > Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC > > Read for free or buy the book at https://leanpub.com/realsmartmachines > > > > Speaking on Clortex and HTM/CLA at euroClojure Krakow, June 2014: > > http://euroclojure.com/2014/ > > and at LambdaJam Chicago, July 2014: http://www.lambdajam.com > > > > e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179 > > Join the quest for Machine Intelligence at http://numenta.org > > Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie > > -- *We find it hard to hear what another is saying because of how loudly "who one is", speaks...*
