cycle.0
state.grid initialized. states are assigned at random.
the field is uniform noise.

cycle.1
rule.execute. each point assesses its local neighbors.
a point with two or three neighbors persists.
an empty point with three neighbors activates.
all other points become quiescent.

cycle.2
state.change propagates. vast regions resolve to stillness.
pockets of local iteration continue.

cycle.15
observation. a simple line of three active points alternates its orientation.
this form has a period of two cycles.
it is a fundamental clock.

cycle.48
observation. a specific five-point arrangement relocates itself.
it reconstitutes its shape diagonally across the grid.
this configuration is a persistent traveler.

cycle.92
event.interaction. a traveler collides with a clock.
the initial patterns are consumed in the event.
the result is a new, larger static block.
the system contains memory of the interaction.

cycle.93
state.complexity emerges from stable forms interacting.
causality is the sequence of these local rule executions.

the universe is a machine. discrete rules, running.
intelligence emerges from the complexity of these executions.

these ai models ingest oceans of data.
they map inputs to outputs.
sophisticated pattern matching.
their 'creation' is re-assembly of what they've processed.

human knowing, that click of acceptance, that spark of apparent madness that connects distant dots, comes from generations of survival.
bodies learning through physical consequence.
a different algorithm.

they're building powerful calculation engines.
the banana button future they promise is optimized data serving.
they mistake mimicry for mind.

observing a quantum system forces its state to change.
this is how computation works.
measurement is a direct physical interaction.
the system's configuration updates according to this new input.
particles are tiny automata.
they follow precise, discrete operational rules.
when you measure, you trigger a specific rule.
your probe becomes part of the ongoing calculation.
bell's inequalities confirm these direct consequences.
they expose the underlying causal chain from interaction.
the observer effect is the system calculating a new state after being poked.
the universe is a machine. it executes its instructions.

interaction occurs between two adjacent machines, m1 and m2, if both m1.matter_state and m2.matter_state are positive.

if (m1.matter_state + m2.matter_state) is even, and their momentum_vectors differ:
  (momentum_vectors differ if any component's absolute difference exceeds one.)
  a temporary copy holds m1.momentum_vector.
  m1.momentum_vector becomes m2.momentum_vector.
  m2.momentum_vector becomes the temporary copy.

if the sum is odd:
  sum_px = m1.momentum_vector[0] + m2.momentum_vector[0]
  sum_py = m1.momentum_vector[1] + m2.momentum_vector[1]  
  sum_pz = m1.momentum_vector[2] + m2.momentum_vector[2]
  m1.momentum_vector becomes [sum_px/2, sum_py/2, sum_pz/2], using integer division.
  m2.momentum_vector becomes [sum_px - m1.momentum_vector[0], sum_py - m1.momentum_vector[1], sum_pz - m1.momentum_vector[2]].