--- Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If there are competing groups of agents, then evolution will favor goals > > that > > promote survival of the group (for example, self sacrifice). If there is > > only > > one group, then this evolution does not occur. > > Why not? The agents are "competing" with the environment (not each other) > and will therefore evolve and get smarter. Any sufficiently smart agent > will realize that it is in it's society's best interest (for the purposes of > fulfilling it's goals -- whatever they are) to have a survival goal. > Therefore, any sufficiently smart agent will GIVE it's society a survival > goal.
Agents don't decide the goals of the group. The cells in your body did not decide to program goals like hunger into your brain. Likewise, individuals in a tribe or country do not decide that their culture ought to promote nationalistic pride or taboos on sexual activity for purposes other than reproduction. Instead, the members made random choices and competition between groups decides which goals survive. If you just have one group, then it will just have random goals. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
