It's so much more complex and amazing than that, especially in problem spaces that have numerous local optima. My personal favorite weird genetic algorithm expl

It's so much more complex and amazing than that, especially in problem spaces that have numerous local optima. My personal favorite weird genetic algorithm exploration paradigms are where you start looking at the behavior of the genome; and, instead of searching out best behavior, you search out ~different~ behavior. It's called Novelty Search, and it's awesome!