On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 12:30:11PM +0000, William Pearson wrote: > Does evolution have the the lowest level of inference that you talked > about? Or would it be better characterised as self-modifying (e.g. > crossover that can alter the mechanics of crossover).
It is a meta-method. Mutation with built-in knowledge is just a start. Users of current rigid frameworks do not see brittleness as an indicator that the system doesn't know how to evolve yet, and e.g. need not exclude the mutation function from the genome. As meta-methods are open-ended, they can produce superior methods -- e.g. our intelligence might be still darwinian at its core but it no longer limited to systems which must be explicitly embodied. Many plans are tried in the reality model with no dire consequences, before one is eventually is selected for and executed (of course, still modified mid-action by the same mechanism). -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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