Experiments
V17: Quorum Signaling
V17: Quorum Signaling
Addition: Two diffusible signal fields mediating inter-pattern coordination (bacterial quorum sensing analog).
Result: Produced the highest-ever single-cycle robustness (1.125) at population of 2. But 2/3 seeds evolved to suppress signaling entirely.
Lesson: Signaling is costly in large populations, beneficial only at extreme bottlenecks.
Source code
v17_substrate.py— Quorum sensing fieldsv17_evolution.py— Evolution loopv17_gpu_run.py— GPU runner