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Article #8968Re: growing software - darwinian model
From: Michael Nowacki
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 15:25
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 15:25
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In <1990Mar1.212630.20380@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kurt@happy.csg.uiuc.edu writes: >In <23107@edsews.EDS.COM> clairday@edsews.EDS.COM (matt clairday) writes: >>concerning an AI project at UCLA? >> "After creating 200 generations of ants, >>Mr. Jefferson had a strain of super ants who follow the trail with ease." > > >The problem with this work is that the ants only learned how to solve the >traversal of a specific path. i recall reading about experiments that indicated that learned behavior could be inherited (in rats, anyway) years ago. so maybe we inherit our parent's habits. no shit. certainly their BAD habits are almost inevitably ours. the UCLA experiment could be said to indicate that one of our problems is that we inherit habits, and this is an obstacle to manifesting intelligence. or maybe its just habits in general. as roz chast would say, "who knows?" -- Michael Nowacki gatech!stiatl!dmn Sales Technologies, Inc |\ /| 3399 Peachtree Rd, NE | \/ | Atlanta, GA (404) 841-4000 _|ike |_
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!emory!stiatl!dmn From: dmn@stiatl.UUCP (Michael Nowacki) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: growing software - darwinian model Keywords: evolution artificial life Message-ID: <9208@stiatl.UUCP> Date: 2 Mar 90 15:25:53 GMT References: <23107@edsews.EDS.COM> <1990Mar1.212630.20380@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: dmn@stiatl.UUCP (Michael Nowacki) Distribution: usa Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., "The Prototype IS the Product..." Lines: 25