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. isal2023, ALIFE 2023: Ghost in the Machine: Proceedings of the 2023 Artificial Life Conference5, (July 24–28, 2023) 10.1162/isal_a_00567
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Neural Cellular Automata (NCAs) are a model of morphogenesis, capable of growing two-dimensional artificial organisms from a single seed cell. In this paper, we show that NCAs can be trained to respond to signals. Two types of signal are used: internal (genomically-coded) signals, and external (environmental) signals. Signals are presented to a single pixel for a single timestep. Results show NCAs are able to grow into multiple distinct forms based on internal signals, and are able to change colour based on external signals. Overall these contribute to the development of NCAs as a model of artificial morphogenesis, and pave the way for future developments embedding dynamic behaviour into the NCA model. Code and target images are available through GitHub: https://github.com/jstovold/ALIFE2023
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. alife2014, ALIFE 14: The Fourteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems726-733, (July 30–August 2, 2014) 10.1162/978-0-262-32621-6-ch116