It wasn't one of Sims', it's here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STkfUZtR-Vs According to the voiceover there's not as much variation allowed as I remember. Still amusing though :)
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Robert Feldt <robert.fe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think I remember the "exploding myself" strategy from Karl Sims > videos: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBgG_VSP7f8 > > Do you remember where you saw that, Chris? > > Cheers, > > Robert Feldt > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Chris Warburton <chriswa...@googlemail.com > > wrote: > >> Pavel Bažant <pbaz...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > I am developing an evolutionary simulation called Evoversum. An >> interesting >> > thing I noticed on multiple occasions while developing the program was >> the >> > fact that it tends to "debug itself". The simulated organisms, as a >> > consequence of the Darwinian evolution taking place, are very quick to >> > trigger all sorts of bugs, sometimes to their advantage, sometimes >> > triggering undefined behavior, destroying their own world. So it seems >> > likely that this effect is applicable in other software domains, too. >> >> Reminds me of a video I saw on YouTube (can't find it at the moment) >> where a genetic algorithm evolved creatures (collections of sticks, >> joints and motors) in a physics simulation. The goal was to move the >> furthest distance, in the hope that they'd walk/crawl/etc. In fact, one >> of them triggers a bug in the simulation which causes it to explode, >> sending its body parts flying in all directions. This immediately >> dominates the population, so all the creatures start exploding. >> >> I suppose the morals are: >> >> 1) Evolutionary methods are good at finding bugs >> 2) Your fitness function is not selecting for what you think it is ;) >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> fonc@vpri.org >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > > /Robert Feldt > -- > Tech. Dr. (PhD), Professor of Software Engineering > Blekinge Institute of Technology, Software Engineering Research Lab, and > Chalmers, Software Engineering Dept > Explanea.com - Igniting your Software innovation > robert.feldt (a) bth.se or robert.feldt (a) chalmers.se or > robert.feldt (a) gmail.com > Mobile phone: +46 (0) 733 580 580 > http://www.robertfeldt.net <http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~feldt> > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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