As far as I understand it, if grandroids are capable of self-modeling, it would not be programmed in beforehand but rather emerge somehow. But I'm not sure, I'll ask. On Jan 1, 2012 2:30 PM, "Stephen P. King" <stephe...@charter.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > Does Steve Grand's game include self-modeling? > > Onward! > > Stephen > > On 1/1/2012 10:32 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > >> On Jan 1, 8:29 am, Terren Suydam<terren.suy...@gmail.com**> wrote: >> >>> Steve Grand's latest project, an artificial-life game called Grandroids, >>> does just that. The bottom layer (substitution level) is an artificial >>> chemistry and biology, including analogues to dna, metabolism, cells >>> (including neurons of course), hormones, and so on. He's concentrating >>> on >>> building a very robust and dynamic set of base components that will be >>> assembled from the dna in ways that result in an artificial animal... an >>> animal that has no behaviors programmed in by Steve or anyone else. >>> Whatever it does will be completely emergent. >>> >>> He's still building it, so a lot of stuff has to be proved out, but if >>> all >>> goes right, these animals will display coherent, apparently goal-directed >>> behaviors in such a way that the most parsimonious explanation of what's >>> happening is that a new layer of "psychology" has emerged from the >>> computational substrate. >>> >>> Even if Steve fails, it is at least possible in principle to see how that >>> could happen. >>> >>> Happy new year! >>> >> If Steve fails, it will also be possible to see how that principle >> falls short in reality and bring functionalism to it's inevitable dead >> end. >> >> Craig >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to > everything-list@googlegroups.**com<everything-list@googlegroups.com> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscribe@ > **googlegroups.com <everything-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/everything-list?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
