01Jul 2022 by Post

Conservation of Information — The Theorems

active information, artificial life, Basic Argument from Improbability, combinatorics, computer simulations, Conservation of Information, Darwinism, Dawkins Weasel, Easter egg, Erik Tellgren, Evolution, fitness functions, fitness landscapes, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), Holmes Rolston, information, Intelligent Design, Jason Rosenhouse, No Free Lunch theorems, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, search, Templeton Prize, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, Thomas Schneider, weasel, Wikipedia, Winston Ewert
We’ve seen active information before in the Dawkins Weasel example. The baseline search for METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL stands no hope of success. Source
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01Oct 2020 by Post

My Failed Computer Simulation

airplanes, Arthur Eddington, closed system, computer simulations, computers, CRTs, electromagnetic force, encyclopedias, gravitational force, IMSL, intelligence, Intelligent Design, Internet, keyboards, laser printers, Mathematical Intelligencer, MATLAB, natural selection, novels, PDE2D, physics, planets, Second Law of Thermodynamics, strong and weak nuclear forces, Why Evolution Is Different
I said, “You mean there is a fifth force — why didn't you say so? Just give me the equations for this force and I will add it to my model.” Source
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18Jul 2020 by Post

Neuroevolution Methods Show Significant Success

AI Complete, artificial general intelligence, artificially intelligent agents, computer science, computer simulations, Darwin Machines, deep learning, Evolution, evolutionary algorithms, Evolutionary Bioinformatics, evolutionary computations, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, John Koza, Neural Networks, neuroevolution, Neuroscience & Mind, non-continuous fitness, optimization problems, software, software engineering
The Darwinian algorithm works in theory, but does not work in practice, when applied in the domain of software production. Source
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