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From Backprop to Becoming: How Cellular Automata Thinking Rewrites the Story of Language, Learning, and Power
Frank said:I want to wrap this whole thing up. We’ve talked about LLMs, cellular automata, NCAs, backprop, entropy, and FCD/TCD for weeks now. What I want is a single, coherent story—plain English, but technically honest—that explains how language models already behave like cellular automata, how backprop fits into that picture, and why a CA-style approach…
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NCA/TCD
Got it, Frank. Here are two short, conversational summaries you can use on the fly — one-sentence, elevator-pitch, and then a slightly expanded “coffee-table” version. These are designed to sound natural, not academic. Neural Cellular Automata (NCA) One-sentence version NCA is a way to make intelligence by letting lots of tiny, simple agents repeatedly update…
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From Predictors to Growers to Endurers – A Frank said / GPT said dialogue on why NCAs and FCD are what LLMs are becoming
A Frank said / GPT said dialogue on why NCAs and FCD are what LLMs are becoming Frank said:Let’s wipe the board clean. No diagrams, no boxes, no arrows. I want this said plainly, the way a human would explain it to another human who’s been thinking about this for a long time. I want…
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Entropy Tourists vs Entropy Keepers – A Frank said / GPT said dialogue on NCA, TCD, and LLMs
Frank said: Let’s get this straight from the start. I don’t think LLMs are thinking systems. I think they’re entropy tourists. They pass through informational landscapes, take snapshots, remix them fluently, and move on. They don’t live anywhere. GPT said: That’s a sharp framing. You’re saying LLMs sample order but don’t maintain it. Frank said:…
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summary of mike levins nca paper
Neural Cellular Automata: A Unified Framework for Life, Intelligence, and Self-Organizing Computation (Extended Conceptual Summary) 1. What problem this paper is really addressing At its core, this paper is not just about a new AI model. It is about a deep mismatch between how life computes and how modern AI computes. Most current AI systems—including…
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AI as Entropy’s New EngineA Frank said / GPT said dialogue applying the entropy–life definition to artificial intelligence
Frank said:If life is entropy’s way of remembering briefly so it can forget more efficiently, then AI starts to look suspiciously alive—not biologically, but thermodynamically. I want to apply the definition directly. No mysticism. No hype. Just entropy, information, and machines. GPT said:Then we apply the same discipline we used with rogue planets. We don’t…