>Biological organisms are machines. No. They're not. First rule of dumb people not understanding evolution: You can be lucky, you can be crappy, you can have

>Biological organisms are machines. No. They're not. First rule of dumb people not understanding evolution: You can be lucky, you can be crappy, you can have some terrible design flaws (hello mammal eyes), but it's enough as long as you survive. Also, evolution works over POPULATIONS, which means that if 10% are ninjas, and 60% are the bog standard model and 30% are the crappy models - if your environment is 'fitted', YOU ALL SURVIVE. Yep, even the 30% crappy ones! Hands up who doesn't understand the difference between ADaption and ABaption! Selection only occurs on a massive time-line or when environmental changes occur or there's a predator/prey war going on. And even then, the crappy crappy 10% can get lucky and still breed. That's why ecology / evolution is fitted over POPULATIONS, not individuals. AI doesn't work like that, at all (once you get into the real stuff). All AI works on limited models (at the moment). >Hint: this guy is a muppet, as shown by his attempts to "downvote" counter-arguments. HN: land of the muppets. >>On a more serious note, anyone actually working in the field of AI development knows this already. HN proving that... it doesn't. #Dragonswhoarenotdragons