--- On Mon, 12/29/08, John G. Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > Well that's a question. Does death somehow enhance a > lifeforms' collective intelligence?
Yes, by weeding out the weak and stupid. > Agents competing over finite resources.. I'm wondering if > there were multi-agent evolutionary genetics going on would there be a > finite resource of which there would be a relation to the collective goal of > predicting the next symbol. No, prediction is a secondary goal. The primary goal is to have a lot of descendants. > Agent knowledge is not only passed on in their > genes, it is also passed around to other agents.... Does agent death hinder > advances in intelligence or enhance it? And then would the intelligence > collected thus be applicable to the goal. And if so, consciousness may be > valuable. What does consciousness have to do with the rest of your argument? -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
