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I'd love to see some sample circuits evolved -- I feel like humans might get stuck in known patterns, and I'm curious to see more 'random' circuits that still w
by vessenes 7y ago
I'd love to see some sample circuits evolved -- I feel like humans might get stuck in known patterns, and I'm curious to see more 'random' circuits that still work.
- jandrese 7y agoUnfortunately genetic algorithms are notoriously bad about getting hung up on local minima/maxima. They'll probably produce a lot of really interesting patterns, but none that are notably better than what we do today.
- DuskStar 7y agoEquivalent results but with lower engineering effort is still a gain, of course.
- the8472 7y agoThere's Tompson's famous work with evolving circuit design on physical FPGAs[0] where the algorithms exploited analog properties of the discrete circuit elements, something no human would have done. [0] https://static.aminer.org/pdf/PDF/000/308/779/an_evolved_circuit_intrinsic_in_silicon_entwined_with_physics.pdf https://static.aminer.org/pdf/PDF/000/308/779/an_evolved_cir...
- EvanAnderson 7y agoDiscover Magazine had a very approachable article on this work: http://discovermagazine.com/1998/jun/evolvingaconscio1453 http://discovermagazine.com/1998/jun/evolvingaconscio1453
- the8472 7y agoHe asked to see some evolved circuits. The linked slides do (well, FPGA schematics), the magazine article does not.
- djmips 7y agoNo one asked for your comment. I hope it gets punished.
- EvanAnderson 7y agoWhat motivates somebody to make a comment like this, out of curiosity? Was my link to an article that some people might find interesting hurting the discussion?
- tehsauce 7y agoSuper cool! Thanks for sharing
- gwern 7y agoThey give a sorta example on https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.10515.pdf#page=8 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.10515.pdf#page=8