Cat awareness of the Universe’s preference for cats over integers

Determine whether domestic cats possess awareness that the Universe responds better to cats than to arbitrary integers.

Background

The paper introduces catcosmo, a cat-inspired random seed generator for training deep learning models on galaxy morphology classification, using domestic cats’ physical and observational parameters to derive seeds. Empirical tests report that cat-conditioned seeds outperform the conventional fixed seed of 42 on Euclid data.

Based on these findings, the authors assert that the Universe responds better to cats than to arbitrary integers and explicitly note that it remains unknown whether cats are aware of this phenomenon, framing an unresolved question regarding feline cognition or awareness in relation to the claimed effect.