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THE INFINITE POSSIBILITY. "While today’s computers politely use programmed instructions to solve predictable problems, these adaptable alternatives may one day strip away such limits and lay bare the elegant solutions that the human mind is reluctant— or powerless— to conceive on its own." https://lnkd.in/d-JGnVK View in LinkedIn

INCOMPREHENSIBLE SYSTEMS. “There is concern that a dormant “gene” in a medical system or flight control program might express itself without warning, sending the mutant software on an unpredictable rampage. Similarly, poorly defined criteria might allow a self-adapting system to explore dangerous options in its single-minded thrust towards efficiency, placing human lives in peril." https://lnkd.in/e5p4fXs View in LinkedIn

STANDARD DISTRIBUTION CURVE OF ERRORS. "The standard evolutionary picture tells us that evolution is messy, incomplete and inefficient." https://lnkd.in/dycehf5 View in LinkedIn

EVOLUTION IS MESSY. "These evolutionary computer systems may almost appear to demonstrate a kind of sentience as they dispense graceful solutions to complex problems. But this apparent intelligence is an illusion caused by the fact that the overwhelming majority of design variations tested by the system— most of them appallingly unfit for the task— are never revealed." https://lnkd.in/e5p4fXs View in LinkedIn

SLOW FIXATION. "Selective sweeps occur when new alleles appear, by mutation or migration, and eventually become fixed in the population. These result in transient polymorphisms, although the process of fixation may be slow." https://lnkd.in/d3-W8NW View in LinkedIn

"NASA recently used this approach to produce the antenna for a spacegoing vessel, resulting in flamboyant-yet-effective shapes that vaguely resemble organic lifeforms— unlike anything an engineer would design without the benefit of mood-altering drugs. Scientists hope to eventually use genetic algorithms to improve complex devices such as motors and rockets, but progress is dependent upon the development of extremely accurate simulations." https://lnkd.in/e5p4fXs View in LinkedIn

FITNESS ALLELE UPRISING. "A selective sweep is the reduction or elimination of variation among the nucleotides in neighboring DNA of a mutation as the result of the recent fixation of a beneficial allele due to strong positive natural selection. A selective sweep can occur when a rare or previously non-existing allele that increases the fitness of the carrier relative to other members of the population increases rapidly in frequency due to natural selection." https://lnkd.in/dyTEN5R View in LinkedIn

MATING SUPERCOMPUTERS. "Modern supercomputers are also contributing to artificial evolution, applying their massive processing power to develop simulated prototypes. The initial designs are thoroughly tested within carefully crafted virtual environments, and the best candidates are used to breed successive batches until a satisfactory solution has evolved." https://lnkd.in/e5p4fXs View in LinkedIn

WILDLY DIFFERENT OUTCOMES POSSIBLE. "The models predict that co-evolution can occur under a wide range of conditions, but that many different outcomes are possible: stable polymorphisms; dynamic polymorphisms with cyclic or chaotic fluctuations in allele frequencies of varying amplitude; unstable cycles leading to fixation; or selective sweeps of favorable alleles to fixation." https://lnkd.in/d3-W8NW View in LinkedIn

SELF-REPAIRING DREAM. "The space exploration industry is intrigued by the technology— an evolving system could dynamically reprogram itself to avoid any circuits damaged by radiation, reducing the need for heavy shielding and redundant systems. Similarly, researchers speculate that robots might one day use evolution-inspired systems to quickly adapt to unforeseen obstacles in their environment." https://lnkd.in/e5p4fXs View in LinkedIn