Why isn't this guy dead?
John Koza. Heard of him? Some sort of PhD from Stanford who has poineered Genetic Programing methods. Check out Genetic Programing here. The May edition of Popular Science (which is not fully on-line yet) has a nice article about this guy's "invention machine" which is essentially a bunch of computers working in parallel to solve problems in a Darwinian sort of way. Breeding mathmatical solutions together, adding occasional mutations, and working toward some prescribed goal. They have a picture of a really cool antenna which the computer came up with. It looks crazy, but apparently work exactly like NASA wanted.
"[It] started with a basic antenna. It then made thousands of small, random mutations, then tested each mutation to see which changes make the antenna perform better. The program combined the characteristics from the best mustations into new antennas, then mutated the offspring again. After thousands of iterations, this process created a design that's far more efficient than a human could devise. "
And now this guy is thinking of ways the software can work on the problem of improving itself. Singularity here we come.
The real story here is why soldiers from the future have not yet sent a cyborg back through time to kill this guy? I'll leave it to you to work on that answer. But I suspect that Mike is right... be nice to your computer because it's never to early to start sucking up to our robot masters.
posted by Jason W. @ 11:52 PM
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I read the same article. You are right, it is pretty clear that the singularity is fast approaching, and we can deduce from the fact that the guy is still alive, that the machines win. It probably won't even be close.
Don't forget to attend the Singularity Summit at Stanford.
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=594
Half the people there are probably cyborg plants from the future. You'll have to look very carefully to figure out who is still human 1.0. Trust no one. Especially the females that seem a little too interested. They'll know that's a geek's blind spot. (Geek wearing a "Got root?" T-shirt thinking to himself... Ok, she's probably a cyborg killing machine from the future. Not even human; But she touched my hand! and smells so good! Oh well, we had to go extinct eventually. This may be my best shot for some action before it's too late....")
Anyway, I don't have much vacation since I have to start at a new job every two years, so it's up to you guys. Take good notes.
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