Related noob question:
Are there patterns in Life than can reproduce themselves reliably but imperfectly? (i.e. does life exist in Life?)
Are self-reproducing organisms possible in the Game Of Life?
Yes. BCG82 contains the proof that the Game of Life can contain self-reproducing organisms.
Conway’s Game of Life is Turing-complete. Therefore, it is possible to create an AI in it. If you created a 3^^3 by 3^^3 Life board, setting the initial state at random, presumably somewhere an AI would be created. Would this AI somehow take over the whole game board, if given enough time?
Would this be visible from the top, as it were?
EDIT: I probably meant 3^^^3, sorry. Also, by generating at random, I meant 50% chance on. But any other chance would work too, I suspect.