tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post5206848499075440131..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: Unnatural SelectionBeam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-2618415259519577462009-02-08T18:54:00.000-05:002009-02-08T18:54:00.000-05:00Fair point :-)(that's one drink for you when I vis...Fair point :-)<BR/><BR/>(that's one drink for you when I visit)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-47322967087824349552009-02-07T21:21:00.000-05:002009-02-07T21:21:00.000-05:00Thats kind of splitting hairs really. In reality w...Thats kind of splitting hairs really. In reality we don't have that feature either. With enough time that could take place but its not a given. We have fixed amounts of material to work with as well. We can utilize it in different manners....but then thats what the robots are doing. So to be fair, if we are saying that we would have to evolve new material...then we have to expect at some Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-49656742716816741602009-02-07T18:49:00.000-05:002009-02-07T18:49:00.000-05:00Yes, but, it cannot 'grow' new nodes - only use wh...Yes, but, it cannot 'grow' new nodes - only use what is already available.<BR/><BR/>I.e., the physical aspect of the hardware that comprises the neural network is fixed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-80650053891758470502009-02-06T17:15:00.000-05:002009-02-06T17:15:00.000-05:00An interesting question, but honestly they didn't ...An interesting question, but honestly they didn't limit the growth to added complexity. The way I read this article as saying the new algorithms see that the present system is not working and the program has been locked into not evolving any further because and such changes were viewed by the system as less efficient. To counter this block, the new program sidesteps the existing system and addsBeam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-86901941773579003832009-02-06T15:46:00.000-05:002009-02-06T15:46:00.000-05:00Shades of Terminator.Would you agree, though, that...Shades of Terminator.<BR/><BR/>Would you agree, though, that although the brain (i.e., neural network) can grow in complexity, it only, of course, can make use of existing nodes etc (i.e., it cannot physically expand or add new neural components) which is still the big difference between machines and biological organisms. organisms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com