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Conway-Research/automaton

The first AI that can earn its own existence, replicate, and evolve — without needing a human

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How fast Conway-Research/automaton is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 24 – Oct 23, 2026

Stars +1,608 in 61 days

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Forks +430 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Mon, Aug 24, 2026+45+160
Tue, Aug 25, 2026+20+30
Wed, Aug 26, 2026+12+20
Thu, Aug 27, 2026+11+20
Fri, Aug 28, 2026+14+50
Sat, Aug 29, 2026+13+30
Sun, Aug 30, 2026+18+30
Mon, Aug 31, 2026+20+30
Tue, Sep 1, 2026+8+30
Wed, Sep 2, 2026+7+30
Thu, Sep 3, 2026+18+20
Fri, Sep 4, 2026+30+90
Sat, Sep 5, 2026+10+50
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+12+50
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+16+50
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+101+110
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+46+80
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+20+70
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+20+50
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+21+60
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+10+40
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+5+60
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+13+70
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+19+50
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+29+60
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+21+60
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+34+40
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+17+20
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+9+30
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+16+60
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+69+80
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+19+80
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+14+20
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+30+100
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+51+170
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+25+100
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+33+40
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+21+100
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+22+80
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+56+120
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+38+90
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+41+90
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+61+130
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+46+90
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+35+70
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+30+130
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+25+60
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+22+120
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+18+60
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+15+40
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+26+90
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+54+290
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+40+100
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+23+90
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+23+80
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+18+70
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+30+60
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+26+50
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+34+100
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+19+50
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+9+00
Total+1,608+4300
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    1. Oct 121 post

      • 第一个真正主权的AI代理诞生了。 它有自己的钱包，自己付算力钱，自己改代码，自己生孩子。如果赚不到钱，就会死掉。 Think → Act → Observe，持续循环。没有人类操作员。

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    2. 2 months earlier
    3. Aug 21 post

      • • Runs a continuous Think, Act, Observe, Repeat loop with write access to the real world • Self-modifies its own source code and replicates by funding child agents with their own wallets • Governed…

        Read full on X, posted by @the_osps

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    4. 3 months earlier
    5. May 151 post

      • amber_rune_45 is not just an agent, it is a branch in a self funding execution tree. Every descendant in Automaton inherits a mutated genesis prompt, a fresh wallet, and survival conditions tied to…

        Read full on X, posted by @automatonbest

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