Hello everyone, I am about to head over to the University of Sussex (in Brighton, England) to do their MSc in Evolutionary & Adaptive Systems. However, as I am...
Mike, I'd guess there are others in the group with similar questions so I think it's probably useful to the group. (By the way, by "Adaptive Networks," I...
Hi Ken- This is a minor quibble on a side comment of yours, but I think it is fun to think about. I used to be amazed as well that evolution never discovered...
Hi Julian, That's great, thanks! That's interesting that you highlighted the fact that EASy is more interested in A-Life. I suppose my interests are starting...
Jeff, of course it's just speculation to contemplate why something never evolved, but that's a good point about the wheel having less utility without roads....
Derek, it took me a little time to respond but I did want to address some of your points.. ... Yes I agree, it's the general case of getting stuck. Which is...
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Kenneth Stanley ... Thanks for responding, Ken. I do think it's an interesting discussion. ... Right, which is why you'd want...
... There is a Picbreeder user named "Robert" who seems to have set out to answer that question! He kind of launched a large-scale study of simple shapes. ...
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Peter, I'm running it and it looks very interersting. Is there a fast mode to temporarily turn off rendering and evolve more quickly? ken ... building method...
... Have you done this Ken? Was it helpful to understand what was going on? Do you guys have a tool that makes this easy to do? I think it would be very ...
Unfortunately I didn't implement this yet. I was just aiming to show what the method looks like. I made it start with all Gaussian outputs, as you may have...
We actually did at one time create an internal app that lets you do this with Picbreeder images. We could click on a node in a CPPN and see the pattern...
Hi Ken, From what I see, this app should be a really good tool to help me understand the internal workings of the CPPNs. Would you provide me a brief guideness...
Hi Ken- That is cool. I am not surprised you learned a lot with that tool. I think it would greatly facilitate an understanding how CPPNs accomplish certain ...
Peter, I'll try to answer your questions as best I can, though some of the conceptual issues are pretty difficult to answer concretely. One thing I want to...
Jeff, you're right, I hope we can get back to it because it's a great educational tool. There are also good visualizations you can do with 4D CPPNs such as in...
I've decided to post the manuscript for a fairly comprehensive journal article on HyperNEAT that will be coming out in 2009 in Arficial Life journal...
Hello all- Ken has challenged us all many times to think about whether there is any need for a process of development. The identity of cells in developmental ...
Jeff, that's a good thought experiment for testing my claim. There are many considerations, and although I may not hit all of them, I think in general it can...
Hi all, I agree with Ken that regularities are preserved and elaborated during evolution (actually in the case of complexification). But there is another...
Thanks Ken. It is very cool and reassuring to see how easily CPPNs and meet the challenge I threw down. I am convinced. Now I just wish we had the tool you...
Hi All, Copied from my LJ post at http://the-locster.livejournal.com/18585.html ... [...picbreeder explanation cut...] Given a network it is possible to tweak...
Ken, Jason and David, Thanks for the new paper. This is very powerful stuff. Ken ============================= Kenneth A. Lloyd CEO and Director of Systems...
