(July 12, 2009 at 5:40 am)Pippy Wrote:Quote:because I am fairly sure the simulations used DID NOT have a programmed end result (it could well have been a test condition but that isn't the same as a programmed end-result)
I can only disagree with this one point. I think the program did have a programmed end result, namely its namesake "Methinks it is like a weasel,". The fact the the program carefully chose the one mutation that was in any way closer to the target phrase, and then started with only that phrase makes it very programmed (compared to the complexity of a more realistic model of the mutation process).
No ... that was a test condition ... it could have as easily been "Jesus Christ Is My Messiah!", he happened to choose that result. Not an end-goal, a test ... the difference is significant.
Kyu
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