Two Rules Apply: (R)ight - (L)eft If the ant is on a white cell > turn right > flip the cell to black > move forward one cell. If the ant is on a black cell > turn left > flip the cell to white > move forward one cell. Seed Phrase: "Life" // Steps - Cells Flipped: 1,003,300 // Ants: 1
What is Langton's Ant
Langton’s Ant is a simple cellular automaton that demonstrates how complex, ordered behavior can emerge from extremely simple rules. It’s famous because it starts out looking random… and then, unexpectedly, it builds a perfect repeating “highway”. It is based on Two Rules: (R)ight - (L)eft the Classic. If the ant is on a white cell > turn right > flip the cell to black > move forward one cell. If the ant is on a black cell > turn left > flip the cell to white > move forward one cell. Rules may vary like RLR for triangle, LLRR for square and so on.