And this works even if we assume the dots don't actually transfer information but just slightly mutate the state. First it tries a random approach, if that appr

And this works even if we assume the dots don't actually transfer information but just slightly mutate the state. First it tries a random approach, if that approach doesn't lead to a powerful result it emits a dot to try another random approach in the next round, until you get a sufficiently good path forwards. Essentially a brute-force search. Which is a bit wasteful, but better than just blindly taking the first idea