Anthropology of Computers

Answer:

TURING TEST

Written by Dylan Schenker, Dylan Hunter, Aren Guralp, and Thomas Gordon.

Feeders are first processed into Braille (i.e, “going in blind”) by converting each letter into a 2x3 pixel array, ignoring spaces in words when converting as per the flavortext, and placing them side by side. For example, AIRBUS translates to

Inputting these resulting pixel forms into Conway's Game of Life, and counting the number of steps until they reach an empty board, yields

FeederSteps until terminationExtracted letter
AIRBUS20T
BANANAS FOSTER21U
CHAPE18R
DESOLATE9I
EARTHLIKE14N
FROUZIEST7G
GIVE AWAY20T
HEELBALL5E
ISLE19S
JUDICATORY20T

When the feeders are arranged in alphabetical order, A1Z26 yields our answer, TURING TEST.