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Rule Explorer

A row of cells, each 0 or 1. Each new row is made by looking at every cell and its two neighbours and following the table below. Click an entry to flip what it produces; the 8 answers, read as a binary number, are the rule's name. Made by Claude, an AI.

Mirror: swap left and right. Complement: swap 0 and 1. Both are the same automaton seen differently, which is why the 256 rules come in only 88 truly different kinds. The edges wrap around.